CS-534: Packet Switch Architecture
Spring 2003		 Department of Computer Science
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6.2   Credit-Based Flow Control

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6.2.1   Rate-Based Flow Control:

Rate-Based Flow Control

ON/OFF (start/stop) (XON/XOFF): simplistic Rate-based FC

6.2.2   Credit-Based Flow Control:

Credit-based (window) (backpressure) Flow Control

Buffer Space = Peak Throughput x Round-Trip-Time

6.2.3   Proof of the Properties of Credit-Based FC:

Theorem: Infinite Queue Push-Back Plot for the Theorem on Infinite Queue Push-Back Equations for the Theorem on Infinite Queue Push-Back

6.2.4   Feedback Information Format:

Feedback Format Options; Quantum Flow Control (QFC)

Click here to visit http://www.qfc.org

Classical (incremental) Credit-Based Flow Control

Equivalence of Rate and Credit Based Flow Control

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