Large deviations for the stationary measure of networks under proportional fair allocations

We address a conjecture introduced by Massouli´e (2007), concerning the large deviations of the stationary measure of bandwidth-sharing networks functioning under the Proportional fair allocation. For Markovian networks, we prove that Proportional fair and an associated reversible allocation are geo...

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Autores: Jonckheere, Matthieu Thimothy Samson, Lopez, S.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/14838
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/14838
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Stochastic networks
Large deviations
Proportional fairness
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Sumario:We address a conjecture introduced by Massouli´e (2007), concerning the large deviations of the stationary measure of bandwidth-sharing networks functioning under the Proportional fair allocation. For Markovian networks, we prove that Proportional fair and an associated reversible allocation are geometrically ergodic and have the same large deviations characteristics using Lyapunov functions and martingale arguments. For monotone networks, we give a more direct proof of the same result relying on stochastic comparisons that hold for general service requirement distribution. These results comfort the intuition that Proportional fairness is ´close´ to allocations of service being insensitive to the service time requirement.