Thomas Kunz
Systems and Computer Engineering
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nTwo sides of the same coin
–pre-allocate
resources to avoid congestion
–send data
and control congestion if (and when) is occurs
nTwo points of implementation
–hosts at
the edges of the network (transport protocol)
–routers
inside the network (queuing discipline)
nUnderlying service model
–best-effort
–no quality
of service guarantees
Congestion Control