A New Architecture for Packet Switching Network Protoco S

on reverse if necessary and identify by block number) FIELD GROUP SUB-GROUP Packet-switching, statistical-multiplexing, window flow control, rate flow control queueing delay 19 ABSTRACT (Continue on reverse if necessary and identify by block number) This dissertation presents a new architecture, the Flow Network, for packet switching network protocols. The Flow Network can provide users high quality, guaranteed service in terms of average latency and throughput. Rather than an end-point control with a statelcss network model, the Flow Network design emphasizes regulation of packet traffic by the network. Rather than window flow control, the Flow Network controls the average transmission rate of individual users. Rather than relying on feedback control, the Flow Network requires users to reserve resources. An abstract entity, a flow, is defined to represent users ' data transmission requests. A flow is associated with a specific set of service requirements, which allows applica-tions to express their requirements in a quantitative manner. This specificaLion enable