Internet congestion control using nature population control tactics

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. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.