A Markov decision-based bandwidth selling policy for an active MPLS service over ISDN3

Abstract

We present an active MPLS service with bandwidth reservation for an advanced network called ISDN3. In essence, an active packet is employed to reserve a particular amount of bandwidth of a label switched path according to an adaptive pricing method. To maximize the network provider's earnings, a bandwidth selling policy is determined based on a Markov decision model. Analytical and simulation results are presented comparing the proposed bandwidth selling policy with two other schemes.