A robust nonlinear PI controller for improving AQM performance

In this paper a simple robust proportional-integral (R-PI) controller is proposed for active queue management (AQM). We assume that TCP/AQM dynamics can be described by the linearized TCP/AQM model (C. V. Hollot et al., April 2001). R-PI aims to address the tradeoff between responsiveness and stability and the tradeoff between responsiveness and high link utilization over a large range of structured and unstructured uncertainties. This controller achieves these goals by varying its control parameters according to the system state. We show that the closed-loop system is asymptotically stable as long as the control parameters are time-invariant and varying in a range. Extensive simulation results demonstrate the robust ability of R-PI compared with some other AQM mechanisms in the literature.

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