Abstract

Nowadays, virtually all the basic aspects of human endeavor is computer and network dependent. Therefore bandwidth being one of the most valued resource and component of any network must be properly managed to yield a reliable performance. Over the years, different algorithms, models, techniques and applications have been developed for network and bandwidth management yet bandwidth problems has persistently remained on the increase. This work is an in-depth survey on the causes of bandwidth problems, the basic models and techniques for bandwidth management and is followed by an analysis which is aimed at yielding meaningful suggestions on how a better technique or method for securing an efficient and improved bandwidth management solution using the application layer of the OSI network model can be achieved.