Two Rival Approaches
n Reservations
– Call,signal,qos route, route
pin, admission control, call
log
– Hop by hop
– Accounting
n Principal objective
metrics:
– User:Call blocking prob.
– Net: Erlangs
n Adaption
– Congestion signal
(loss, ecn, delay)
– Feedback control loop
– TCP eqn etc etc
n Principle objective
metrics:
– User throughput
– Utilisation