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Decentralised control of material or traffic flows in networks using phase-synchronisation
We present a self-organising, decentralised control method for material flows
in networks. The concept applies to networks where time sharing mechanisms
between conflicting flows in nodes are required and where a coordination of
these local switches on a system-wide level can improve the performance. We
show that, under certain assumptions, the control of nodes can be mapped to a
network of phase-oscillators.
By synchronising these oscillators, the desired global coordination is
achieved. We illustrate the method in the example of traffic signal control for
road networks. The proposed concept is flexible, adaptive, robust and
decentralised. It can be transferred to other queuing networks such as
production systems. Our control approach makes use of simple synchronisation
principles found in various biological systems in order to obtain collective
behaviour from local interactions
Robust Adaptive Congestion Control for Next Generation Networks
This paper deals with the problem of congestion control in a next-generation heterogeneous network scenario. The algorithm runs in the 'edge' routers (the routers collecting the traffic between two different networks) with the aim of avoiding congestion in both the network and the edge routers. The proposed algorithm extends congestion control algorithms based on the Smith's principle: i) the controller, by exploiting on-line estimates via probe packets, adapts to the delay and rate variations; ii) the controller assures robust stability in the presence of time-varying delays
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