Congestion control in data transmission networks. Sliding mode and other designs. (Q714490)

As stated in the introduction, this book is devoted to the application of control-theoretic methodology to the communication system modeling and design of congestion control algorithms. Since robustness issues are of paramount importance for efficient data flow regulation in today's networks, sliding mode control is the main technique selected in this book to construct appropriate flow control algorithms. A mathematical framework is developed to describe a wide range of networking phenomena, and subsequently flow control strategies are designed following rigorous control methodologies. Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5 contain the basic concepts and modeling framework, starting from a historical description of the evolution of congestion control techniques. The ideas behind various algorithms dealing with data flow regulation are discussed. The basic concepts about sliding mode systems are briefly presented, both for continuous and discrete-time systems. The fluid-flow traffic approximation is used to construct relevant network models, incorporating the delay effects. Sliding mode controllers are proposed, and their performance is compared with classical control schemes. Models are presented, which cover the effects of finite sampling rate. The controllers design is conducted in the discrete-time domain. The sliding hyperplane is obtained by solving a dynamical optimization problem with quadratic cost. Issues related to various networking phenomena are discussed. In chapters 6,7,8 the previous basic concepts are extended to the multisource network; data flow control is considered in which the sampling synchronization cannot be maintained; data flow control restricted to transmission control/internet protocol is presented. Several examples are discussed in detail throughout the book.