A Characterization of universal stability in the adversarial queuing model

We study universal stability of directed and undirected graphs in the adversarial queueing model for static packet routing. In this setting, packets are injected in some edge and have to traverse a predefined path before leaving the system. Restrictions on the allowed packet trajectory provide a way...

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Authors: Serna Iglesias, María José|||0000-0001-9729-8648, Blesa Aguilera, Maria Josep|||0000-0001-8246-9926, Álvarez Faura, M. del Carme|||0000-0003-2352-0546
Format: report
Publication Date:2003
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repository:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/98289
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/98289
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Universal stability
Directed graphs
Undirected graphs
Adversarial queuing model
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Summary:We study universal stability of directed and undirected graphs in the adversarial queueing model for static packet routing. In this setting, packets are injected in some edge and have to traverse a predefined path before leaving the system. Restrictions on the allowed packet trajectory provide a way to analyze stability under different packet trajectories. We consider five packet trajectories, two for directed graphs and three for undirected graphs, and provide polynomial time algorithms for testing universal stability when considering each of them. In each case we obtain a different characterization of the universal stability property in terms of a set of forbidden subgraphs. Thus we show that variations of the allowed packet trajectory lead to non-equivalent characterizations. Using those characterizations we are able to provide also polynomial time algorithmsfor testing stability under the ntg-lis protocol.