A discrete-time analysis of the cyclic reservation multiple access protocol

In this paper a performance analysis of the CRMA (Cyclic Reservation Multiple Access) medium access protocol, which is proposed as an access mechanism for high-speed LANs and MANs is presented. An approximate computational method is derived to obtain the distribution functions of performance measures of interest like the medium access delay and the packet transfer time. The analysis is done in discrete-time domain using a decomposition approach for the access delay in conjunction with a G/G/1 queue with control-feedback and a M/G/1 queue with server vacation. In the model the reservation-cancelation backpressure mechanism is also taken into account. Numerical results are obtained to investigate the efficiency of the backpressure scheme and the scaling issues of the interreserve interval under various load conditions and system configurations. Furthermore, results addressing performance aspects like the fairness issues, the jitter of maximum access delay and the system behavior under station-wise saturated conditions are also discussed.     

基于M/G/1/K排队理论的IEEE 802.15.4网络吞吐量分析

针对IEEE 802.15.4时隙载波侦听多址接入与碰撞避免（CSMA/CA）算法,利用二维Markov链分析方法提出了一个网络分析模型。该模型特别考虑了IEEE 802.15.4协议的休眠模式以及退避窗口先于退避阶数(NB)达到最大值的情况。在此基础上,结合M/G/1/K排队理论推导得到了吞吐量的表达式,进而分析了网络在非饱和状态下数据包到达率对吞吐量的影响,利用模拟平台NS2进行了仿真。实验结果显示理论分析结果与仿真结果可以较好地拟合,并能准确描述网络吞吐量的变化,验证了分析模型的有效性。     

Optimal management for infinite capacity N-policy M/G/1 queue with a removable service station

In this article, we consider an infinite capacity N-policy M/G/1 queueing system with a single removable server. Poisson arrivals and general distribution service times are assumed. The server is controllable that may be turned on at arrival epochs or off at service completion epochs. We apply a differential technique to study system sensitivity, which examines the effect of different system input parameters on the system. A cost model for infinite capacity queueing system under steady-state condition is developed, to determine the optimal management policy at minimum cost. Analytical results for sensitivity analysis are derived. We also provide extensive numerical computations to illustrate the analytical sensitivity properties obtained. Finally, an application example is presented to demonstrate how the model could be used in real applications to obtain the optimal management policy.     

基于两次丢包策略的主动队列管理算法研究

针对网络拥塞现象,基于两次丢包方法建立了一种新的主动队列管理算法TDPQW。该算法利用M/G/1排队模型推导了实际队列长度和等待时间的数学表达式,以此提出在队列头部和队中随机位置进行丢包的策略。同时,通过仿真实验对比分析了该算法与RED、DROP-TAIL算法的性能,结果表明TDPQW具有较好的适应性。     

The optimal service time allocation of a versatile server to queue jobs and stochastically available non-queue jobs of different types

In this paper, we consider a service system in which the server can process N+1$N+1$ different types of jobs. Jobs of type 0 are generated randomly according to a Poisson stream. Jobs of types 1 to N are non-queue types which may or may not be available for completion by the server. To optimally allocate the server's time to these jobs, we formulate a finite state semi-Markov decision process model to this environment. With this model, the optimal stationary policies can be numerically determined via a policy-iteration algorithm. We also discuss the practical applications of this model to tele-service and tele-marketing operations.     

Comparison of stability and queueing times for reader-writer queues

A reader-writer queue manages two classes of customers: readers and writers. An unlimited number of readers can be processed in parallel; writers are processed serially. Both classes arrive according to a Poisson process. Reader and writer service times are general iid random variables. There is infinite room in the queue for waiting customers.

In this paper, a reader-writer queue is considered under the following priority disciplines: strong reader preference (SRP), reader preference (RP), alternating exhaustive priority (AEP), writer preference (WP), and strong writer preference (SWP). Preemptive priority is given to readers under the SRP discipline, or to writers under the SWP discipline. Non-preemptive priority is accorded to readers with the RP discipline, or to writers with the WP discipline. For the AEP discipline, customers of a given class are served exhaustively in an alternating fashion.

For the five priority disciplines, a stability condition and first moments for the steady-state reader and writer queueing times are given. Using these analytical results, each of the five priority disciplines is seen to be optimal (among the five) in some region of the parameter space. Simulation results are also presented.     

Analysis of the discrete-time Geo/G/1 working vacation queue and its application to network scheduling

In this paper we present an exact steady-state analysis of a discrete-time Geo/G/1 queueing system with working vacations, where the server can keep on working, but at a slower speed during the vacation period. The transition probability matrix describing this queuing model can be seen as an M/G/1-type matrix form. This allows us to derive the probability generating function (PGF) of the stationary queue length at the departure epochs by the M/G/1-type matrix analytic approach. To understand the stationary queue length better, by applying the stochastic decomposition theory of the standard M/G/1 queue with general vacations, another equivalent expression for the PGF is derived. We also show the different cases of the customer waiting to obtain the PGF of the waiting time, and the normal busy period and busy cycle analysis is provided. Finally, we discuss various performance measures and numerical results, and an application to network scheduling in the wavelength division-multiplexed (WDM) system illustrates the benefit of this model in real problems.     

On a batch arrival Poisson queue with a random setup time and vacation period

The single server queue with vacation has been extended to include several types of extensions and generalisations, to which attention has been paid by several researchers (e.g. see Doshi, B. T., Single server queues with vacations — a servey. Queueing Systems, 1986, 1, 29–66; Takagi, H., Queueing Analysis: A Foundation of Performance evaluation, Vol. 1, Vacation and Priority systems, Part. 1. North Holland, Amsterdam, 1991; Medhi, J., Extensions and generalizations of the classical single server queueing system with Poisson input. J. Ass. Sci. Soc., 1994, 36, 35–41, etc.). The interest in such types of queues have been further enhanced in resent years because of their theoretical structures as well as their application in many real life situations such as computer, telecommunication, airline scheduling as well as production/inventory systems. This paper concerns the model building of such a production/inventory system, where machine undergoes extra operation (such as machine repair, preventive maintenance, gearing up machinery, etc.) before the processing of raw material is to be started. To be realistic, we also assume that raw materials arrive in batch. This production system can be formulated as an M^x/M/1 queues with a setup time. Further, from the utility point of view of idle time this model can also be formulated as a case of multiple vacation model, where vacation begins at the end of each busy period. Besides, the production/inventory systems, such a model is generally fitted to airline scheduling problems also. In this paper an attempt has been made to study the steady state behavior of such an M^x/M/1 queueing system with a view to provide some system performance measures, which lead to remarkable simplification when solving other similar types of queueing models.This paper deals with the steady state behaviour of a single server batch arrival Poisson queue with a random setup time and a vacation period. The service of the first customer in each busy period is preceded by a random setup period, on completion of which service starts. As soon as the system becomes empty the server goes on vacation for a random length of time. On return from vacation, if he finds customer(s) waiting, the server starts servicing the first customer in the queue. Otherwise it takes another vacation and so on. We study the steady state behaviour of the queue size distribution at random (stationary) point of time as well as at departure point of time and try to show that departure point queue size distribution can be decomposed into three independent random variables, one of which is the queue size of the standard M^x/M/1 queue. The interpretation of the other two random variables will also be provided. Further, we derive analytically explicit expressions for the system state (number of customers in the system) probabilities and provide their appropriate interpretations. Also, we derive some system performance measures. Finally, we develop a procedure to find mean waiting time of an arbitrary customer.     

The interdeparture time distribution for each class in the ∑Mi/Gi/1 queue with set-up times and repeated server vacations

This paper studies the interdeparture time distribution of one class of customers who arrive at a single server queue where customers of several classes are served and where the server takes a vacation whenever the system becomes empty or is empty when the server returns from a vacation. Furthermore, the first customer in the busy period is allowed to have an exceptional service time (set-up time), depending on the class to which this customer belongs. Batches of customers of each class arrive according to independent Poisson processes and compete with each other on a FIFO basis. All customers who belong to the same class are served according to a common generally distributed service time. Service times, batch sizes and the arrival process are all assumed to be mutually independent. Successive vacation times of the server form independent and identically distributed sequences with a general distribution.For this queueing model we obtain the Laplace transform of the interdeparture time distribution for each class of customers whose batch size is geometrically distributed. No explicit assumptions of the batch size distributions of the other classes of customers are necessary to obtain the results.The paper ends by showing how the mathematical results can be used to evaluate a protocol that controls access to a shared medium of an ATM passive optical network. The numerical results presented in the last section of this paper show that the bundle spacing principle that is used by the permit distribution algorithm of this protocol introduces high delays and in many cases also more variable interdeparture times for the ATM cells of individual connections. An alternative algorithm is proposed that does not cope with these performance short comings and at the same time conserves the good properties of the protocol.