Summary
2011 International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and Its Applications
2011
Session Number:A2L-D
Session:
Number:A2L-D1
Dependence of Flow Stability on Synchronization of Path Switching in Autonomous Flow Networks
Jian-Qin Liu, Peter Davis,
pp.132-135
Publication Date:2011/9/4
Online ISSN:2188-5079
Summary:
We consider the issue of the timing of control cycles for path switches by autonomous nodes in a communication network, and its effect on transport in the network. It is shown that when the network is close to saturation, traffic flow improves when the correlation between timing of path switches is reduced. The improvement is particularly apparent in the packet delay characteristics. The difference between synchronized and anti-synchronized cycles is only significant in a certain range of parameters at the onset of network saturation.