… policies are discussed, followed by a classification proposal for packet dropping policies. …
PDPs for ATM networks. These include drop tail (DT), partial packet discard (PPD), early packet …

… ) was originally conceived as a carrier of integrated traffic, the current most popular
application of ATM is data communication where ATM networks are used as backbones to …

… To further explore the effects of clock granularity, we ran simulations of Early Packet Discard
with the TCP clock granularity set to 300 msec instead of 0.1 msec. For simulations with mild …

… We introduce early packet discard, a strategy in which the … over plain ATM with the performance
of packet TCP, TCP that … Our goal is to explore the possible limitations that ATM networks …

… ATM networks, and priori5 schemes to support multiple classes of traflc.. Standard activitv
for ATM networks and future re5earch problems in ATM … In existing packet networks, packets …

… TCP over plain ATM, for Partial Packet Discard, and for Early Packet Discard. Section 6
considers the use of additional congestion control mechanisms along with Early Packet Discard, …

… The ATM switch component used for this paper models a UBR switch combined with an early
packet discarding capability. It is a 64 x 64 output buffered switch, whose internal speedup …

… tail discarding and early packet discarding, were proposed to improve data performance. In
this paper, a new stochastic modeling technique is developed for performance evaluation of …

… segmentation and reassembly (SAR) of TCP packets. The ATM switch component used for
this paper models a UBR switch combined with early packet discarding capability. It is a 64 x …

… Traffic engineering and network design considerations are also extensively explained and …
ATM can be significantly degraded if the bandwidth is occupied by cells belonging to packets …