École Normale Supérieure

Workshop on the modeling of flow and congestion control mechanisms

September 4-6, 2000

Introduction

It is well known that the efficiency of the Internet relies on users implementing the end-to-end congestion controls of TCP. These controls notably regulate the way bandwidth is shared to realize the data transfers which make up the vast majority of IP traffic. It is therefore of vital importance to understand the dynamics of this protocol, both to evaluate its performance in varied network conditions and to derive enhancements allowing improved control on network resource sharing. This workshop is a follow-up to the 98 workshop on the modeling of TCP. It will allow the presentation of the most recent developments in the mathematical modeling of the control mechanisms of TCP and related protocols. It will also cover work on how these mechanisms impact quality of service and on the implications of the realized resource sharing on pricing schemes. The workshop will bring together some of the world's leading researchers in this area for an in-depth discussion on these important issues.

See the program of the workshop.

The workshop is sponsored by INRIA and SPRINT.

List of Lectures

Sally Floyd, Mark Handley and Jitendra Padhye.
ACIRI
USA
and Department of Computer Science
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
USA. A Comparison of Equation-Based and AIMD Congestion Control
[Paper] [Abstract] [Slides (ps)] [Slides (pdf)]

Arzad A. Kherani and Anurag Kumar.
Dept. of Electrical Communication Engg. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
India. Performance Analysis of TCP with Nonpersistent Sessions
[Abstract]

Serge Fdida and Anca Dracinschi.
LIP6, Paris
France. ECAM - Efficient Congestion Avoidance Mechanism
[Abstract]

Bruce Hajek and Juan Alvarez.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Computer and Systems Research Laboratory
USA. On using marks for pricing in multiclass packet networks to provide multidimensional QoS
[Paper]

Peter Key and Laurent Massoulié.
Microsoft Cambridge
UK. End-user Schemes for Predicting Congestion Patterns
[Paper]

Patrick Brown.
France Télécom
France Resource Sharing by TCP Connections
[Abstract]

Teunis Ott.
Telcordia
USA. ECN Protocols and the TCP Paradigm
[Paper]

Eitan Altman, Kotya Avratchenkov and Chadi Barakat.
INRIA Sophia
France. TCP in the presence of a stationary loss process
[Paper]

Zhi-Li Zhang.
University of Minnesota
USA. Coordinated TCP/UDP Rate Control for Proxy-Assisted Video Streaming
[Abstract]

Baccelli, F. and Dohy Hong.
INRIA-ENS
France. TCP is max plus linear
[Abstract] [Paper]

Milan Vojnovic and Jean-Yves Le Boudec.
EPFL
Lausanne
Switzerland. Global TCP Modeling: the Limit Mean ODE and its Convergence
[Abstract] [Slides]

Sambit Sahu, Philippe Nain, Don Towsley, Christophe Diot and Victor Firoiu,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
USA
INRIA Sophia
France
Sprintlabs
USA
Bay Architecture Lab
USA.
Achievable Service Differentiation with Token bucket Marking for TCP
[Abstract] [Paper]

T. Bonald L. Massoulié and J.W. Roberts.
France Télécom
France
and Microsoft Research
UK. Impact of Congestion Control on Internet Stability and Performance
[Abstract]

Vishal Misra and Don Towsley.
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
USA. TCP and Active Queue Management: A Control Theoretic Viewpoint [Abstract], [Paper 1], [Paper 2]

Baccelli, F., Dohy Hong and Zhen Liu.
INRIA-ENS
France
and INRIA Sophia
France. Fixed Point Methods for the Simulation of a Large Number of Interacting TCP Connections
[Abstract]

T. Bonald and J.W. Roberts.
France Télécom
France. On Stability as QoS Objective for Elastic Traffic in the Internet [Abstract]

Martin May Christophe Diot and Bryan Lyles.
INRIA Sophia, France, and Sprintlabs, USA. Influence of Active Queue Management Parameters on Aggregate Traffic Performance
[Abstract]

R. Srikant.
Coordinated Science Laboratory
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
USA. A Framework for Designing a Low-Loss, Low-Delay Internet
[Slides]

Y. Richard Yang
Department of Computer Science
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX
USA. General AIMD congestion control and its transient behaviors
[Abstract]

Contact

For more information on this workshop, you can contact the organizers

E. Altman
Email: Eitan.Altman@inria.fr F. Baccelli
Email: Francois.Baccelli@ens .fr P. Nain
Email: Philippe.Nain@inria.fr J. Roberts
Email: james.roberts@rd.francetelecom.fr

Sally Floyd, Mark Handley and Jitendra Padhye. ACIRI USA and Department of Computer Science University of Massachusetts at Amherst USA.		A Comparison of Equation-Based and AIMD Congestion Control [Paper] [Abstract] [Slides (ps)] [Slides (pdf)]
Arzad A. Kherani and Anurag Kumar. Dept. of Electrical Communication Engg. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore India.		Performance Analysis of TCP with Nonpersistent Sessions [Abstract]
Serge Fdida and Anca Dracinschi. LIP6, Paris France.		ECAM - Efficient Congestion Avoidance Mechanism [Abstract]
Bruce Hajek and Juan Alvarez. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Computer and Systems Research Laboratory USA.		On using marks for pricing in multiclass packet networks to provide multidimensional QoS [Paper]
Peter Key and Laurent Massoulié. Microsoft Cambridge UK.		End-user Schemes for Predicting Congestion Patterns [Paper]
Patrick Brown. France Télécom France		Resource Sharing by TCP Connections [Abstract]
Teunis Ott. Telcordia USA.		ECN Protocols and the TCP Paradigm [Paper]
Eitan Altman, Kotya Avratchenkov and Chadi Barakat. INRIA Sophia France.		TCP in the presence of a stationary loss process [Paper]
Zhi-Li Zhang. University of Minnesota USA.		Coordinated TCP/UDP Rate Control for Proxy-Assisted Video Streaming [Abstract]
Baccelli, F. and Dohy Hong. INRIA-ENS France.		TCP is max plus linear [Abstract] [Paper]
Milan Vojnovic and Jean-Yves Le Boudec. EPFL Lausanne Switzerland.		Global TCP Modeling: the Limit Mean ODE and its Convergence [Abstract] [Slides]
Sambit Sahu, Philippe Nain, Don Towsley, Christophe Diot and Victor Firoiu, University of Massachusetts, Amherst USA INRIA Sophia France Sprintlabs USA Bay Architecture Lab USA.		Achievable Service Differentiation with Token bucket Marking for TCP [Abstract] [Paper]
T. Bonald L. Massoulié and J.W. Roberts. France Télécom France and Microsoft Research UK.		Impact of Congestion Control on Internet Stability and Performance [Abstract]
Vishal Misra and Don Towsley. University of Massachusetts, Amherst USA.		TCP and Active Queue Management: A Control Theoretic Viewpoint [Abstract], [Paper 1], [Paper 2]
Baccelli, F., Dohy Hong and Zhen Liu. INRIA-ENS France and INRIA Sophia France.		Fixed Point Methods for the Simulation of a Large Number of Interacting TCP Connections [Abstract]
T. Bonald and J.W. Roberts. France Télécom France.		On Stability as QoS Objective for Elastic Traffic in the Internet [Abstract]
Martin May Christophe Diot and Bryan Lyles. INRIA Sophia, France, and Sprintlabs, USA.		Influence of Active Queue Management Parameters on Aggregate Traffic Performance [Abstract]
R. Srikant. Coordinated Science Laboratory Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign USA.		A Framework for Designing a Low-Loss, Low-Delay Internet [Slides]
Y. Richard Yang Department of Computer Science The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX USA.		General AIMD congestion control and its transient behaviors [Abstract]