• DocumentCode
    1410131
  • Title

    Self-similar processes in communications networks

  • Author

    Tsybakov, Boris ; Georganas, Nicolas D.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Problems of Inf. Transmission, Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia
  • Volume
    44
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    9/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1713
  • Lastpage
    1725
  • Abstract
    This paper reviews and discusses the known definitions and properties of second-order self-similar discrete-time processes and supplements them with some more general conditions of self-similarity. A model for ATM cell traffic is presented and self-similarity conditions of this model are found. This study is motivated by observations that traffic in many real communication networks is self-similar in nature
  • Keywords
    asynchronous transfer mode; telecommunication networks; telecommunication traffic; ATM cell traffic model; communications networks; discrete-time processes; necessary condition; second-order self-similar processes; self-similar processes; self-similarity conditions; sufficient condition; Astrochemistry; Astronomy; Communication networks; Geology; Hydrology; Intelligent networks; Mathematics; Sufficient conditions; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9448
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/18.705538
  • Filename
    705538