Disclosed is an Active Queue Management method and apparatus which uses traffic rate information for congestion control. Using a nonlinear fluid-flow model of Traffic Control Protocol, an integral controller in a closed loop configuration with gain settings characterized for stable operation allows a matching of the aggregate rate of the active TCP connections to the available capacity. Further disclosed is a method for calculation of the regime of gains for which stable operation of a given network obtains. This approach allows for capacity matching while maintaining minimal queue size and high link utilization.