Hopf bifurcation control for an internet congestion model

In this note, we consider Hopf bifurcation control for an Internet congestion model with a single route accessed by a single source. It has been shown that the system without control cannot guarantee a stationary sending rate. As the positive gain parameter of the system passes a critical point, Hopf bifurcation occurs. To control the Hopf bifurcation, a time-delayed feedback controller using polynomial function is proposed to delay the onset of undesirable Hopf bifurcation. Numerical simulation results confirm that the new feedback controller using time delay is efficient in controlling Hopf bifurcation. This approach can be extended to study higher dimensional delay differential equations.