Aggressive Telecommunications Overbooking Ratios
You can read the actual paper here.
Abstract:
The Internet is comprised of vast networks of wires and fiber. A common
misconception is that there is an unlimited amount of bandwidth; in
reality there exists only a finite amount. Each length of wire and
fiber is owned by a company, and every company wants to maximize its
profit. One means of improving profit is to overbook existing
transmission lines in order to increase income without increasing
expenses. If too much overbooking is performed, the Quality of Service
(QoS) seen by customers will decline. This paper explains a process to
achieve an optimal Overbooking Ratio (OR) for admission control in
network routers. By optimizing the overbooking ratio, profits can be
increased while minimizing QoS problems for users.
Example
The following figure is indicative of the problem that the paper is
trying to overcome. How do we best overbook with any given network
traffic pattern? This particular example shows that there are often
spikes in network patterns. What would be the best overbooking ratio in
this case? Aggressive
Telecommunications Overbooking Ratios answers that question.
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