REM: Active queue management

We describe a new active queue management scheme, Random Exponential Marking (REM), that aims to achieve both high utilization and negligible loss and delay in a simple and scalable manner. The key idea is to decouple congestion measure from performance measure such as loss, queue length, or delay. While congestion measure indicates excess demand for bandwidth and must track the number of users, performance measure should be stabilized around their targets independent of the number of users. We explain the design rationale behind REM and present simulation results of its performance in wireline and wireless networks.