Internet congestion control using nature population control tactics

Abstract

In this paper we present a novel bio-inspired approach for congestion control in communication networks. This scheme is based on inspiration by natural population interactions: predator–prey and competition. We show that the relations of those Internet entities that are involved in congestion control mechanisms are similar to predator–prey and competition interactions. In order to apply these population control mechanisms to the Internet congestion control scheme, we combine the mathematical models of these interactions and obtain a hybrid mathematical model. The simulation results show that using appropriately defined parameters, this model leads to a scalable, stable, fair, and high-performance congestion control algorithm.