1. Congestion control timer
January 2007
doc.: IEEE /0014r0
January 2007
Congestion control timer
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Junping Zhang,Huawei
Junping Zhang,Huawei

2. January 2007
Abstract
This paper describes problems with the congestion control timer and recommends replacing the single Expiration Timer with four separate Expiration timer fields.
Junping Zhang,Huawei

3. Outline Concerns about current congestion control mechanism
January 2007
doc.: IEEE /0014r0
January 2007
Outline
Concerns about current congestion control mechanism
The problem description
The suggest change
Junping Zhang,Huawei
Junping Zhang,Huawei

4. Concerns about congestion control
January 2007
Concerns about congestion control
Octets:1 1 4 2 ID
Length
Target Data
Rate(AC_BK)
Rate(AC_BE)
Rate(AC_VI)
Rate(AC_VO)
Expiration
timer
Expiration timer indicates the valid period of Target Data Rates information provided in this element.
How do you know which AC the expiration timer indicate?
If expiration timer is applied to all the target data rate, the performance will be decreased for some AC.
Junping Zhang,Huawei

5. The problem description
January 2007
The problem description
Upstream
node
AC_VO
AC_BK
downstream
node
Both AC_VO and AC_BK
occur congestion
Send the congestion control frame with target rate element
Expiration
timer
Target Data
Rate(AC_VO)
Rate(AC_VI)
Rate(AC_BE)
Rate(AC_BK)
Length ID 2 4 1
Octets:1
AC_VO
AC_BK
Lower rate of AC_VO and AC_BK will have been used according the expiration timer
Because of all AC use the same expiration timer, some ac may use lower rate so long that the performance is downgrade
Junping Zhang,Huawei

6. Suggest change January 2007
Octets:1 1 4 2 ID
Length
Target
Data Rate
(AC_BK)
(AC_BE)
(AC_VI)
DataRate
(AC_VO)
Expiration
Timer
Expiration timer indicates the valid period of the correspond Target Data Rates information provided in this element.
Junping Zhang,Huawei

7. January 2007
doc.: IEEE /0014r0
January 2007
Motion
Move to accept doc /0001-r1 description in the draft TGs standard and instruct the editor to incorporate the text in this proposal in the current draft
Moved by:
Second:
Vote: ../../..
Junping Zhang,Huawei
Junping Zhang,Huawei