| Techreport |
| Type of Publication |
| The Fairness Challenge in Computer Networks |
| Title |
Robert R. Denda |
| Authors |
| Technical Report TR-00-006, Department for Mathematics and Computer Science,
University of Mannheim, 2000 |
| Published in |
| In this paper, the concept of fairness in
computer networks is investigated. We motivate the need of
examining fairness issues by providing example future application
scenarios where fairness support is needed in order to experience
sufficient service quality. Fairness definitions from political
science and their application to computer networks are described
and a state-of-the-art overview of research activities in
fairness, from issues such a queue management and
tcp-friendliness to issues like fairness in layered multi-rate
multicast scenarios, is given. We contribute with this paper to
the ongoing research activities by defining the fairness
challenge with the purpose of helping direct future
investigations to with spots on the map of research in
fairness. |
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