Robust 2-DoF PID control for Congestion control of TCP/IP Networks

Authors

  • Ramón Vilanova Department de Telecomunicació i Enginyeria de Sistemes Universitat Autí²noma de Barcelona 08193, Bellaterra, Spain,
  • Ví­ctor M. Alfaro Escuela de Ingenierí­a Eléctrica Universidad de Costa Rica San José, 11501-2060, Costa Rica.

Keywords:

Congestion control, Active Queue Management, PID Control

Abstract

This paper presents how Robust PID control can improve the performance of congesion control on TCP/IP networks. The proposed approach is compared with other control methods, such as PI control or RED/AQM, showing the advantages of the proposed technique.

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Published

2010-12-01

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