Title
A stability conjecture on bandwidth sharing networks
Abstract
We consider a queueing model where documents are simultaneously transferred over a communication network. The bandwidth allocated to each document transfer is assumed to be the solution of a utility optimization problem. Under a natural stability condition and under the assumption that document arrivals are Poisson and that document sizes are independent exponential distributions, such queueing models have been proven to be positive recurrent. It has been conjectured for a decade that the assumption of exponentially distributed documents can be removed. There exist numerous generalizations without this exponential assumption, but a general proof remains elusive.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1007/s11134-011-9233-2
Queueing Syst.
Keywords
Field
DocType
Utility optimization,Bandwidth sharing,Internet congestion control,Stability,Open problem,90B20,60K25,60K30,90B18
Mathematical optimization,Open problem,Exponential function,Generalization,Bandwidth (signal processing),Queueing theory,Exponential distribution,Conjecture,Optimization problem,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
68
3-4
0257-0130
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.37
11
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
N. S. Walton1262.34
Michel Mandjes253473.65