Forward active networks congestion control algorithm and its performance analysis

This paper proposes a congestion control algorithm of FACC based on active networks, which provides an open network control mechanism to user and ISP by building programmability into the network infrastructure itself. By providing congestion detection and congestion control mechanism on network nodes, FACC greatly reduces the congestion reaction delay of source endpoint. In this paper the FACC algorithm is described in detail and the performance analysis is given. The result of simulation shows that FACC can obviously increase the average throughput of each endpoint with or without the cross traffic in network resulting in a little additional computation delay of the network node.