| Abstract: | The leaky bucket is a popular method that can regulate traffic into an ATM broadband network. This paper examines a simple but innovative modification that would also provide priority to access the network. This is done by requiring cells of different classes to obtain different numbers of tokens before receiving their services. As a step further, a dynamic scheme can be used in which the tokens allocated to each class are changed according to the traffic load. Performance evaluations of mean cell delays and cell loss probabilities are obtained to provide insight into the behaviour of the system and to provide guideline for furture design. |
