Stability and bifurcation analysis of Westwood+ TCP congestion control model in mobile cloud computing networks
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Hongyan Yu
Southwest University, China
Songtao Guo
Southwest University, China
Fei Wang
Southwest University, China
Published 2016-07-21
https://doi.org/10.15388/NA.2016.4.4
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Keywords

Hopf bifurcation
Westwood TCP
congestion control algorithm
stability
mobile cloud computing

How to Cite

Yu, H., Guo, S. and Wang, F. (2016) “Stability and bifurcation analysis of Westwood+ TCP congestion control model in mobile cloud computing networks”, Nonlinear Analysis: Modelling and Control, 21(4), pp. 477–497. doi:10.15388/NA.2016.4.4.

Abstract

In this paper, we first build up a Westwood+ TCP congestion control model with communication delay in mobile cloud computing networks. We then study the dynamics of this model by analyzing the distribution ranges of eigenvalues of its characteristic equation. Taking communication delay as the bifurcation parameter, we derive the linear stability criteria depending on communication delay. Furthermore, we study the direction of Hopf bifurcation as well as the stability of periodic solution for the Westwood+ TCP congestion control model with communication delay. We find that the Hopf bifurcation occurs when the communication delay passes a sequence of critical values. The stability and direction of the Hopf bifurcation are determined by the normal form theory and the center manifold theorem. Finally, numerical simulation is done to verify the theoretical results.

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