RIF Rate Increase Factor. A factor by which a source can increase its transmission rate if the RM cell indicates no congestion. The management of critical network resources, such as bandwidth and buffers, at the node level. A value of 6 is reserved in the PTI to indicate an RM cell. Routing A network management function responsible for forwarding the packets from the source to their destination.
Numerous algorithms exist that satisfy various network topologies and requirements.
RSVP ReSerVation Protocol. RTT Round-Trip Time. It is used as a window in flow control . SAAL Signaling AAL Service-specific parts of the AAL protocol responsible for signaling. SAP Service Access Point.