The increase of the instability of networks due to Quasi-Static link capacities
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2007Source
Theoretical Computer ScienceVolume
381Issue
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In this work, we study the impact of the dynamic changing of the network link capacities on the stability properties of packet-switched networks. Especially, we consider the Adversarial, Quasi-Static Queuing Theory model, where each link capacity may take on only two possible (integer) values, namely 1 and C > 1 under a (w, ρ)-adversary. We obtain the following results: •Allowing such dynamic changes to the link capacities of a network with just ten nodes that uses the LIS (Longest-in-System) protocol for contention-resolution results in instability at rates ρ > sqrt(2) - 1 and for large enough values of C.•The combination of dynamically changing link capacities with compositions of contention-resolution protocols on network queues suffices for similar instability bounds: The composition of LIS with any of SIS (Shortest-in-System), NTS (Nearest-to-Source), and FTG (Furthest-to-Go) protocols is unstable at rates ρ > sqrt(2) - 1 for large enough values of C.•The instability bound of the network subgraphs that are forbidden for stability is affected by the dynamic changes to the link capacities: we present improved instability bounds for all the directed subgraphs that were known to be forbidden for stability on networks running a certain greedy protocol. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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