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Resource pricing and the evolution of congestion control

โœ Scribed by R.J. Gibbens; F.P. Kelly

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
382 KB
Volume
35
Category
Article
ISSN
0005-1098

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โœฆ Synopsis

We describe ways in which the transmission control protocol of the Internet may evolve to support heterogeneous applications. We show that by appropriately marking packets at overloaded resources and by charging a "xed small amount for each mark received, end-nodes are provided with the necessary information and the correct incentive to use the network e$ciently.

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