Allocating commodity resources in aggregate traffic networks Academic Article

abstract

• We examine the relation between cost and quality in networks which carry aggregate traffic. A powerful tool in this is the burstiness or indifference curve associated with a stochastic traffic flow. We relate burstiness to quality and use this relation to explore the quality experienced by aggregated flows under various rules for allocating resources to them. An example is motivated by the controlled load service specification. We show how the imposition of costs associated with buffer space and service capacity leads to the notion of a cost-optimal allocation of resources. This defines the cheapest operating point in a network where resources are commodities to be purchased as necessary to satisfy quality requirements. We define a notion of cost-based admission control: a linear admission rule which can be based on declared or measured traffic parameters. 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

authors

• Duffield, Nick

published proceedings

• PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

author list (cited authors)

• Duffield, N. G., & Low, S. H.

citation count

• 0

complete list of authors

• Duffield, NG||Low, SH

publication date

• July 2004

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Performance Evaluation  Journal

keywords

• Admission Control
• Economies Of Scale
• Indifference Curve
• Large Deviations
• PRICING
• Performance Analysis
• Stochastic Networks

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.peva.2003.10.009

start page

• 279

end page

• 306

volume

• 57

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.peva.2003.10.009