Congestion control — This article concerns telecommunications traffic. For road traffic, see traffic congestion. Congestion control concerns controlling traffic entry into a telecommunications network, so as to avoid congestive collapse by attempting to avoid… … Wikipedia
Network congestion — In data networking and queueing theory, network congestion occurs when a link or node is carrying so much data that its quality of service deteriorates. Typical effects include queueing delay, packet loss or the blocking of new connections. A… … Wikipedia
Congestive collapse — (or congestion collapse) is a condition which a packet switched computer network can reach, when little or no useful communication is happening due to congestion.When a network is in such a condition, it has settled (under overload) into a stable … Wikipedia
TCP congestion avoidance algorithm — The TCP uses a network congestion avoidance algorithm that includes various aspects of an additive increase multiplicative decrease (AIMD) scheme, with other schemes such as slow start in order to achieve congestion avoidance. TCP Tahoe and Reno… … Wikipedia
Network congestion avoidance — is a process used in computer networks to avoid congestion.The fundamental problem is that all network resources are limited, including router processing time and link throughput. Eg.: *today s (2006) Wireless LAN effective bandwidth throughput… … Wikipedia
Big Dig ceiling collapse — Boston traffic snakes over a closed Ted Williams Tunnel entrance in Boston during rush hour July 11, 2006, a day after the collapse. The Big Dig ceiling collapse occurred on July 10, 2006, when a concrete ceiling panel weighing 3 tons… … Wikipedia
Quality of service — In the field of computer networking and other packet switched telecommunication networks, the traffic engineering term quality of service (QoS) refers to resource reservation control mechanisms rather than the achieved service quality. Quality of … Wikipedia
User Datagram Protocol — (UDP) is one of the core protocols of the Internet Protocol Suite. Using UDP, programs on networked computers can send short messages sometimes known as datagrams (using Datagram Sockets) to one another. UDP is sometimes called the Universal… … Wikipedia
Internetwork protocol — In networking, a communications protocol or network protocol is the specification of a set of rules for a particular type of communication.Multiple protocols often describe different aspects of a single communication. A group of protocols… … Wikipedia
Cascade failure — A cascade failure is a series of events on the internet in which network traffic is severely impaired or halted, to or between larger sections of the internet, caused by failing or disconnected hardware or software. Somewhat similar to the more… … Wikipedia
Fairness measure — Fairness measures or metrics are used in network engineering to determine whether users or applications are receiving a fair share of system resources. There are several mathematical and conceptual definitions of fairness. NOTOC TCP… … Wikipedia