Title
Flow-level models for multipath routing
Abstract
In this paper we study coordinated multipath routing at the flow-level in networks with routes of length one. As a first step the static case is considered, in which the number of flows is fixed. A clustering pattern in the rate allocation is identified, and we describe a finite algorithm to find this rate allocation and the clustering explicitly. Then we consider the dynamic model, in which there are stochastic arrivals and departures; we do so for models with both streaming and elastic traffic, and where a peak-rate is imposed on the elastic flows (to be thought of as an access rate). Lacking explicit expressions for the equilibrium distribution of the Markov process under consideration, we study its fluid and diffusion limits; in particular, we prove the uniqueness of the equilibrium point. We demonstrate through a specific example how the diffusion limit can be identified; it also reveals structural results about the clustering pattern when the minimal rate is very small and the network grows large.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1016/j.peva.2010.10.002
Performance Evaluation
Keywords
Field
DocType
markov process,equilibrium point,access rate,clustering pattern,elastic flow,diffusion limit,rate allocation,elastic traffic,minimal rate,multipath routing,equilibrium distribution,flow-level model
Applied mathematics,Uniqueness,Multipath routing,Mathematical optimization,Markov process,Expression (mathematics),Diffusion limit,Flow (psychology),Equilibrium point,Cluster analysis,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
68
7
Performance Evaluation
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.38
6
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sarah Lilienthal1131.14
Michel Mandjes253473.65