Mathematics – Probability
Scientific paper
2007-07-31
Annals of Applied Probability 2007, Vol. 17, No. 3, 809-839
Mathematics
Probability
Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/105051606000000907 in the Annals of Applied Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aap/) by
Scientific paper
10.1214/105051606000000907
In this article we provide a novel characterization of the proportionally fair bandwidth allocation of network capacities, in terms of the Fenchel--Legendre transform of the network capacity region. We use this characterization to prove stability (i.e., ergodicity) of network dynamics under proportionally fair sharing, by exhibiting a suitable Lyapunov function. Our stability result extends previously known results to a more general model including Markovian users routing. In particular, it implies that the stability condition previously known under exponential service time distributions remains valid under so-called phase-type service time distributions. We then exhibit a modification of proportional fairness, which coincides with it in some asymptotic sense, is reversible (and thus insensitive), and has explicit stationary distribution. Finally we show that the stationary distributions under modified proportional fairness and balanced fairness, a sharing criterion proposed because of its insensitivity properties, admit the same large deviations characteristics. These results show that proportional fairness is an attractive bandwidth allocation criterion, combining the desirable properties of ease of implementation with performance and insensitivity.
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