Limited acceleration mechanism for cell loss free flow control in ATM networks

This paper presents a new feedback congestion control mechanism for the flow control of the best-effort traffic in ATM networks. This new mechanism belongs to the class of feedback control schemes that ensures no data losses. It operates based on a new single-bit feedback scheme which provides 'continuation', 'acceleration' and 'deceleration' signals. The new mechanism can guarantee cell loss free by limiting sources' cell transmission acceleration. Simulation results show that our new mechanism is effective.