Congestion control alternatives for residential broadband access

In this note, we first give an overview of the economic and traffic conditions of residential broadband Internet access in the United states, with a focus on Comcast's multiple-priority approach to congestion control for its cable modem termination system (CMTS). We compare the Comcast framewor...

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Published in2010 IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium - NOMS 2010 pp. 874 - 877
Main Author Kesidis, G
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.04.2010
Subjects
Bandwidth
Communication system traffic control
Control systems
Delay
Internet
IP networks
Pricing
Quality of service
Throughput
Traffic control
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Summary:In this note, we first give an overview of the economic and traffic conditions of residential broadband Internet access in the United states, with a focus on Comcast's multiple-priority approach to congestion control for its cable modem termination system (CMTS). We compare the Comcast framework to alternative proposals, including those based on usage based pricing and quotas. The security overhead and potential network security benefits of usage priced systems are also explored.
ISBN:9781424453665
1424453666
ISSN:1542-1201
2374-9709
DOI:10.1109/NOMS.2010.5488352