几种主动式队列管理算法的比较研究

主动式队列管理(Active Queue Management,AQM)技术是IETF为了解决Internet拥塞控制问题而提出的一种路由器缓存管理技术.本文对几种主要AQM算法RED、BLUE、ARED和SRED的性能在基于ns-2仿真实验的基础上进行了比较研究.研究的性能包括队列长度、丢包概率、丢包率、连接数对吞吐量的影响及缓冲区大小对链路利用率的影响等.仿真结果表明BLUE、ARED和SRED在这几方面的性能都要优于RED算法.     

一种参数自适应的主动队列管理算法-自适应BLUE

BLUE算法是一种典型的主动队列管理(Active Queue Management,AQM)算法,研究表明BLUE算法优于RED算法.BLUE算法使用丢包事件和链路空闲事件控制网络拥塞.但由于BLUE算法在参数设置方面存在不足,尤其是当TCP连接数突然剧烈变动时,容易导致队列溢出或空闲的频繁发生.该文引进参数自适应机制,提出了自适应BLUE算法,并借鉴了RED算法的早期拥塞检测机制.NS仿真实验表明该算法能有效保持队列长度的稳定,减少队列溢出或空闲现象的发生,在提高链路利用率的同时降低丢包率.     

PAQM: an adaptive and proactive queue management for end‐to‐end TCP congestion control

Two functions, the congestion indicator (i.e. how to detect congestion) and the congestion control function (i.e. how to avoid and control congestion), are used at a router to support end‐to‐end congestion control in the Internet. Random early detection (RED) (IEEE/ACM Trans. Networking 1993; 1 (4):397–413) enhanced the two functions by introducing queue length averaging and probabilistic early packet dropping. In particular, RED uses an exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) queue length not only to detect incipient congestion but also to smooth the bursty incoming traffic and its resulting transient congestion. Following RED, many active queue management (AQM)‐based extensions have been proposed. However, many AQM proposals have shown severe problems with detection and control of the incipient congestion adaptively to the dynamically changing network situations. In this paper, we introduce and analyse a feedback control model of TCP/AQM dynamics. Then, we propose the Pro‐active Queue Management (PAQM) mechanism, which is able to provide proactive congestion avoidance and control using an adaptive congestion indicator and a control function under a wide range of traffic environments. The PAQM stabilizes the queue length around the desired level while giving smooth and low packet loss rates and high network resource utilization. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A comparison of active queue management algorithms using the OPNETModeler

A number of active queue management algorithms for TCP/IP networks such as random early detection (RED), stabilized RED (SRED), BLUE, and dynamic RED (DRED) have been proposed in the past few years. This article presents a comparative study of these algorithms using simulations. The evaluation is done using the OPNET Modeler, which provides a convenient and easy-to-use platform for simulating large-scale networks. The performance metrics used in the study are queue size, packet drop probability, and packet loss rate. The study shows that, among the four algorithms, SIZED and DRED are more effective at stabilizing the queue size and controlling the packet loss rate while maintaining high link utilization. The benefits of stabilized queues in a network are high resource utilization, bounded delays, more certain buffer provisioning, and,traffic-load-independent network performance in terms of traffic intensity and number of TCP connections     

A fuzzy-logic control algorithm for active Queue Management in IP networks

Active Queue Management （AQM） is an active research area in the Internet community. Random Early Detection （RED） is a typical AQM algorithm, but it is known that it is difficult to configure its parameters and its average queue length is closely related to the load level. This paper proposes an effective fuzzy congestion control algorithm based on fuzzy logic which uses the predominance of fuzzy logic to deal with uncertain events. The main advantage of this new congestion control algorithm is that it discards the packet dropping mechanism of RED, and calculates packet loss according to a preconfigured fuzzy logic by using the queue length and the buffer usage ratio. Theoretical analysis and Network Simulator （NS） simulation results show that the proposed algorithm achieves more throughput and more stable queue length than traditional schemes. It really improves a router＇s ability in network congestion control in IP network.     

Towards a better-than-best-effort forwarding service for multimediaflows

A salient requirement of interactive multimedia applications is that they transmit data continuously at uniform rates with minimum possible end-to-end delay. The majority of these applications do not require hard and fast guarantees of network performance, but the current best-effort forwarding model of the Internet is frequently insufficient for realizing these requirements. Worse still, the requirement of uniform-rate transmission puts many multimedia applications at odds with current and proposed Internet network management practices that assume or require TCP-like reactions to packet loss. We are investigating router-based active queue management, specifically the use of queue occupancy thresholds to isolate TCP flows and to provide a better-than-best-effort forwarding service for flows in need of uniform-rate transmissions. Our current scheme, class-based thresholds (CBT), relies on a packet marking mechanism such as those proposed for realizing differentiated services on the Internet. CBT, when combined with existing active router queue management schemes such as random early detection (RED), provides a performance for TCP that approximates that achievable under a packet scheduling scheme and acceptable performance for multimedia flows. CBT is a simple and efficient mechanism with implementation complexity and run-time overhead comparable to that of RED     

一种支持区分服务的模糊公平分组丢弃算法

随机早期检测(RED)算法是目前Internet中广泛使用的一种缓存管理算法,对RED算法进行改进以提高公平性以及对网络动态变化的适应性一直是主动队列管理的研究重点之一。该文引入新的变量分享指数,取代单个业务流缓存占用量来表征不同业务流对网络资源的占用情况,以克服缓存占用量表征公平性的缺陷。同时,在无线网络中对分享指数的定义进行推广,使其同时兼顾公平性和系统性能(信道条件)。通过对分享指数和队列长度共同制定规则,提出了一种基于模糊逻辑控制的缓存管理算法。算法在根据缓存队列长度计算丢弃概率时,根据不同流对网络资源的占用情况(即分享指数)进一步决定增加或减小相应的丢弃概率,从而可利用不同流之间的差异以加速缓解拥塞,具有更好的自适应性和公平性。仿真表明,采用该算法后,系统性能得到改善。     

基于平均队列长度和滞留时间的RED算法

在无线通信网络环境下，提出了一种改进的基于平均队列长度和滞留时间的RED算法。这种算法根据平均队列长度和滞留时间计算数据包的丢弃概率，比传统的单纯基于平均队列长度的RED算法相比较，能更有效地实现无线网络中的拥塞控制。     

Relative loss rate differentiation: performance of short‐lived TCP flows

The relative differentiated service model provides assurances for the relative quality ordering between service classes, rather than for the actual service level in each class. In this paper, we describe a relative loss rate differentiation scheme where packet drop probabilities are determined according to an active queue management (AQM) mechanism based on random early detection (RED) in a first‐in first‐out (FIFO) queue, are weighted in inverse proportion to the price that the network operator assigns to each service class. Basically, we describe a scheme where relative loss rate differentiation is incorporated directly into AQM. Most TCP flows today, particularly Web flows, can be characterized as short‐lived flows. Using simulations with short‐lived TCP flows, we show that the scheme is very effective in ensuring relative loss rate differentiation between service classes during times of network congestion. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

数据流的活动队列管理算法:MBLUE

MBLUE(Modified BLUE)是一种面向数据流的活动队列管理算法.它不是使用平均队列长度指示缓冲区拥塞状态,而是使用数据报丢弃的频率和队列空闲程度来管理网络拥塞.探测瓶颈连接早期的拥塞信息,通过数据报的丢弃和标记避免拥塞.它只维护一个先进先出队列,以较少的数据流状态信息,在不同流之间公平的分配网络带宽.能够适应瞬时的猝发流,能合理控制非TCP数据流,又能够保持较短的平均队列长度,从而控制、减轻网络拥塞.通过TCP/IP网络的模拟,证实算法在公平的分配网络带宽和降低数据报的丢失率上具有较好的鲁棒性.     

动态权重RED网关

随着网络流量的增加,拥塞控制的重要性日益突出,尤其是链路拥塞控制。IETF推荐RED(Random Early Detection)作为下一代Internet路由器的拥塞控制算法。该文在分析了RED的优点和缺点后,在现在RED算法的基础上通过改进RED算法的平均队列长度计算,使用平均队列长度的均值,判断拥塞的发生和结束,动态调整权重,提高RED对拥塞发生和拥塞结束的反应速度,缩短拥塞时间,维持较低的实际队列长度。最后用仿真验证了该方法。     

一种基于负载的公平性主动队列管理算法

针对随机早期检测（RED,Random Early Detection）算法存在的公平性问题,提出了一种基于负载的公平性主动队列管理算法（LFED）。该算法通过引入网络负载和队列这两个概念,有效地判断当前网络拥塞程度,同时使用改进的丢包率公式,并且借鉴CHOKe算法的惩罚机制对非响应流进行有效惩罚,以保证不同数据流之间的公平。仿真实验表明,与RED和CHOKe相比,LFED可以得到稳定的瞬时队列长度和减少分组丢弃率,具有较好的公平性和稳定性。     

An Improved Algorithm of Nonlinear RED Based on Membership Cloud Theory

Concerning on the shortcoming and com-plexity of Random early detection (RED) algorithm in net-work congestion control, a new RED algorithm based on the Hemi-Rise Cloud model (CRED) was proposed, non-linear packet loss strategy was used, and sensitivity and un-certainty of parameters were improved. As a result, queue length could be kept stable in the neighborhood of ref-erence value. Network congestion was well controlled and network resource was used effectively. The stability of the algorithm was studied and the experimental results showed that the proposed algorithm could improve the stability, and had better performance than the RED and Adaptive RED (ARED) algorithms.     

主动队列管理机制在无线系统中的优化

主动队列管理(AQM)是对抗拥塞的重要手段,其经典算法之一是随机早期丢弃,简称RED。为使其能适应无线传输高突发误帧的特点,本文提出了一种基于平均队列长度和平均包到达速率的改进RED算法,分析了其相对于传统RED算法在预防和处理拥塞时的优势。同时针对无线信道的时变特性,提出自适应MIR速率调整,以提高频谱利用率和进一步降低拥塞概率,并讨论了其对于系统性能的改善。     

TCP-friendly flow control of wireless multimedia using ECN marking

In a wireless network packet losses can be caused not only by network congestion but also by unreliable error-prone wireless links. Therefore, flow control schemes which use packet loss as a congestion measure cannot be directly applicable to a wireless network because there is no way to distinguish congestion losses from wireless losses. In this paper, we extend the so-called TCP-friendly flow control scheme, which was originally developed for the flow control of multimedia flows in a wired IP network environment, to a wireless environment. The main idea behind our scheme is that by using explicit congestion notification (ECN) marking in conjunction with random early detection (RED) queue management scheme intelligently, it is possible that not only the degree of network congestion is notified to multimedia sources explicitly in the form of ECN-marked packet probability but also wireless losses are hidden from multimedia sources. We calculate TCP-friendly rate based on ECN-marked packet probability instead of packet loss probability, thereby effectively eliminating the effect of wireless losses in flow control and thus preventing throughput degradation of multimedia flows travelling through wireless links. In addition, we refine the well-known TCP throughput model which establishes TCP-friendliness of multimedia flows in a way that the refined model provides more accurate throughput estimate of a TCP flow particularly when the number of TCP flows sharing a bottleneck link increases. Through extensive simulations, we show that the proposed scheme indeed improves the quality of the delivered video significantly while maintaining TCP-friendliness in a wireless environment for the case of wireless MPEG-4 video.     

一种基于速率和队列长度的主动队列管理机制

本文研究了拥塞产生的原因及其表现形式,提出了一种基于报文到达速率和队列长度的随机早丢弃算法(RQ).根据拥塞的严重程度和变化趋势将拥塞划分为六个级别,每个级别采用合适的丢弃概率,从而将队列控制在理想工作点附近.利用经典控制理论,分析了系统的稳定性,给出了参数配置的原则.最后,用NS网络仿真器对算法性能进行了验证.     

RED gateway congestion control using median queue size estimates

This paper focuses on the queue size estimation problem in random early detection (RED) gateways. Queue size estimation plays a fundamental role in the congestion control dynamics of RED, as it determines gateways' awareness of network congestion, which in turn determines the packet dropping/marking decision. Conventional RED gateways use exponentially weighted moving averages (EWMA) to estimate the queue size. These infinite impulse response (IIR) filters require very small EWMA weights in order to effectively avoid nonlinear instabilities in RED and to filter out bursty increases in the queue size. While small EWMA weights enable gateways to accommodate transient congestion, they also lead to gateways' failure to closely track rapid queue size depletion and thus causes link under utilization. We investigate the use of simple nonlinear queue size estimators. In particular, we study the congestion control dynamics of a network where adaptive weighted median filters are used for queue size estimation by the gateways. Analytical results for the expected queue size in the steady state are derived. Under this new queue size estimation framework, design guidelines for the remaining RED parameters are provided. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm provides greater network power, better prevention of global synchronization, and a fairer treatment to bursty traffic than the RED algorithm does.     

基于自相似业务流的Hurst加权随机早检测算法

Floyd提出的随机早丢弃（RED，random carly detection）是基于传统的泊松（Possion）模型，不适应网络流量普遍呈现自相似性的特点。基于此目的，提出了一种新的RED算法——Hurst加权随机早检测算法（HWRED，Hurst weighted random early detection）。新算法能够根据输入流量的自相似系数Hurst，调整RED算法参数。仿真结果表明，新算法提高了队列长度的稳定性，减少了丢包率、排队时延和排队抖动，提高了网络的链路利用率。     

Random early detection gateways for congestion avoidance

The authors present random early detection (RED) gateways for congestion avoidance in packet-switched networks. The gateway detects incipient congestion by computing the average queue size. The gateway could notify connections of congestion either by dropping packets arriving at the gateway or by setting a bit in packet headers. When the average queue size exceeds a present threshold, the gateway drops or marks each arriving packet with a certain probability, where the exact probability is a function of the average queue size. RED gateways keep the average queue size low while allowing occasional bursts of packets in the queue. During congestion, the probability that the gateway notifies a particular connection to reduce its window is roughly proportional to that connection's share of the bandwidth through the gateway. RED gateways are designed to accompany a transport-layer congestion control protocol such as TCP. The RED gateway has no bias against bursty traffic and avoids the global synchronization of many connections decreasing their window at the same time. Simulations of a TCP/IP network are used to illustrate the performance of RED gateways     

Virtual rate control algorithm for active queue management in TCPnetworks

A virtual rate control (VRC) algorithm for active queue management (AQM) to regulate the queue length with small variation and to achieve high utilisation with small packet loss is proposed. Through ns simulations, the effectiveness of the proposed VRC algorithm as compared with several well-known AQM schemes such as random early detection (RED), random exponential marking (REM), and adaptive virtual queue (AVQ) algorithms is shown