ANALYSIS OF ABR BEHAVIOR OVER ATM-BASED BROAD-BAND ACCESS NETWORKS

Recently there has been an enormous growth in the popularity of the In ternet. The provisions of access to th;Internet will be one of the pri ncipal services of the next generation of access networks. In order to provide cost-effective Internet access over ATM-based broadband acces s networks, the introduction of an available bit rate (ABR) service cl ass is a promising solution. This paper describes our analysis of ABR behavior over ATM-based access networks focusing on explicit-rate-base d rate controls and their round-trip time effects. We also describe th e hardware implementation of the ABR-based rate controls.