Traffic shaping for admission control

• Main Author: Leong, Chee Hoeng.
• Other Authors: Siew, David Chee Kheong
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computer systems organization::Computer-communication networks
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/13147
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Traffic shaping is used in ATM networks to achieve a desired modification of traffic characteristics. It is part of the set of procedures in ATM traffic management whose primary role is to protect the ATM network and end-systems from congestion in order to achieve network perform objectives. An additional role of traffic management is to promote the efficient use of network resources.