Traffic queue management algorithm for availability control in telecommunication networks

Abstract

The current state of telecommunications is characterized by more and more increasing scale of networks, increase in the speeds of data transmission and continuous emergence of the new services and applications which use various protocols and peruse resources of network diverently. However, with development of sensor networks there is an increasing share of the traffic sensitive to environmental changes. Therefore, for more effective use of network resources the problems of priority management and traffic control aimed at increasing the availability of both the telecommunication system in general and the prioritized services in particular, are relevant. In this article authors offer the priority-based traffic queue management algorithm which allows to optimize channel capacity utilization and to provide minimum possible delay for prioritized classes. This algorithm is based on the known hierarchical token-bucket method and serves for minimization of packet delay times on the routing device. Testing and comparison of the proposed algorithm with the existing decisions has allowed to draw a conclusion that the offered algorithm shows lower total delays for various classes of traffic.