Multiplexing and congestion control
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1. A method for managing traffic congestion in a network, the method comprising:
- utilizing one or more network management servers to monitor parameters of the network;
modeling traffic for a group of flows as probability waves based at least in part on the monitored parameters, wherein the height of each of the probability waves at time t is equal to a probability of traffic, P(t) at the time t, and wherein the modeling is performed by the one or more network management servers; and
controlling an operational condition of the network to manage the traffic congestion in accordance with at least some of the probability waves by combining selected flows of the group of flows, wherein the selected flows are chosen based on the corresponding probability waves of the selected flows when combined approximating a square wave.
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Abstract
Methods, systems and devices for network congestion control exploit the inherent burstiness of network traffic, using a wave-based characterization of network traffic and corresponding multiplexing methods and approaches.
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1. A method for managing traffic congestion in a network, the method comprising:
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utilizing one or more network management servers to monitor parameters of the network; modeling traffic for a group of flows as probability waves based at least in part on the monitored parameters, wherein the height of each of the probability waves at time t is equal to a probability of traffic, P(t) at the time t, and wherein the modeling is performed by the one or more network management servers; and controlling an operational condition of the network to manage the traffic congestion in accordance with at least some of the probability waves by combining selected flows of the group of flows, wherein the selected flows are chosen based on the corresponding probability waves of the selected flows when combined approximating a square wave. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for managing traffic congestion in a network, the system comprising:
one or more servers that model traffic for the network and control operational conditions of the network to manage the traffic congestion, wherein the traffic is modeled based on monitored parameters of the network as probability waves corresponding to a group of flows of the network, wherein a height of each of the probability waves at time t is equal to a probability of traffic at the time t, wherein the operational condition controlling is based on combining selected flows of the group of flows so that the corresponding probability waves of the selected flows when combined approximate a square wave.
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22. A method comprising:
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accessing parameters associated with a network utilizing one or more computing devices; modeling traffic for the network as a group of probability waves for a group of flows of the network, wherein the modeling is based at least in part on the monitored parameters and is performed by the one or more computing devices; identifying selected probability waves of the group of probability waves that can be combined to approximate a square wave, wherein the identifying of the selected probability waves is performed by the one or more computing devices; and controlling an operational condition of the network to manage traffic congestion of the network by combining selected flows of the group of flows that correspond with the identified selected probability waves, wherein the operational condition controlling is performed by the one or more computing devices.
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