Dynamic homeostasis in packet switching networks

Dynamic Homeostasis in Packet Switching Networks

In this study, we investigate the adaptation and robustness of a packet switching network (PSN), the fundamental architecture of the Internet. We claim that the adaptation introduced by a transmission control protocol (TCP) congestion control mechanism is interpretable as the self-organization of multiple attractors and stability to switch from one attractor to another. To discuss this argument...

Dynamic Homeostasis in Packet Switching Network

The purpose of this study is to advance the idea of homeostasis found in biological systems by developing or simulating artificial systems. The idea of homeostasis was first introduced by W. B. Cannon Cannon (1963) during the cybernetic era and is a mechanism that maintains internal states of a system (e.g., calcium levels in the blood, body temperature, or an immune response). Simply put, this...

Nonblocking Networks for Fast Packet Switching

We de ne and study an extension of the classical theory of nonblocking networks that is applicable to multirate circuit and fast packet ATM switching sys tems We determine conditions under which the Clos Cantor and Bene s networks are strictly nonblocking We also determine conditions under which the Bene s network and variants of the Cantor and Clos networks are rearrangeable We nd that strictl...

Data Communications Through Large Packet Switching Networks

The topological design and adaptive routing procedure for computer networks becomes infeasible under their present form as the number of network nodes grows. In this paper we present, optimize and evaluate hierarchical procedures to be used in the case of large networks. These procedures are an extension of present schemes and rely on a hierarchical clustering of the network nodes. Models are d...

Towards efficient packet switching metro WDM networks