Abstract: The problem of hop-by-hop flow control in a computer network is formulated as a Markov decision process with a cost function composed of the delay of the messages and the buffer constraints.

Fairness is an important property of computer networks and systems. In a wide range of these systems such as distributed multi-hop wireless networks, multihomed networks, and cloud computing, each ...

Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related encyclopedia. What does flow control ... The management of transmission between two devices such as nodes in a network or between ...