Keywords
overbooking, network, profit, cost
Abstract
Overbooking is frequently used to increase the revenue generated by a network infrastructure without incurring additional costs. If the overbooking factor is chosen appropriately, additional virtual circuits can be admitted without degrading quality of service for existing customers. Most implementations use a single factor to accept a linear fraction of traffic requests. If a piecewise linear approach is used in admissions, additional traffic can be accepted without causing proportional increases in loss rate and utilization. This additional accepted traffic can significantly improve the profit margin for network service providers.
Original Publication Citation
A Piecewise Linear Approach to Overbooking, Feng Huang, Casey Deccio, Robert Ball, Mark Clement, Quinn Snell, High Performance Switching and Routing, April 24, p 326-33.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Ball, Robert; Clement, Mark J.; Deccio, Casey T.; Huang, Feng; and Snell, Quinn O., "A Piecewise Linear Approach to Overbooking" (2004). Faculty Publications. 446.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/446
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2004-04-01
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/2571
Publisher
IEEE
Language
English
College
Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Department
Computer Science
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