DocumentCode :
1463533
Title :
On multimedia networks: self-similar traffic and network performance
Author :
Sahinoglu, Zafer ; Tekinay, Sirin
Author_Institution :
New Jersey Inst. of Technol., Newark, NJ, USA
Volume :
37
Issue :
1
fYear :
1999
fDate :
1/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
48
Lastpage :
52
Abstract :
The main objective in telecommunications network engineering is to have as many happy users as possible. In other words, the network engineer has to resolve the trade-off between capacity and QoS requirements. Accurate modeling of the offered traffic load is the first step in optimizing resource allocation algorithms such that provision of services complies with the QoS constraints while maintaining maximum capacity. As broadband multimedia services became popular, they necessitated new traffic models with self-similar characteristics. We present a survey of the self-similarity phenomenon observed in multimedia traffic and its implications on network performance. Our current research aims to fill the gap between this new traffic model and network engineering. An immediate consequence of this study is the demonstration of the limitations or validity of conventional resource allocation methods in the presence of self-similar traffic
Keywords :
broadband networks; multimedia communication; quality of service; telecommunication traffic; QoS requirements; broadband multimedia services; capacity; multimedia networks; multimedia traffic; network performance; offered traffic load; resource allocation algorithms; resource allocation methods; self-similar traffic; telecommunications network engineering; traffic models; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Communication system traffic control; Delay effects; Ethernet networks; ISO standards; Multimedia systems; Quality of service; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0163-6804
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/35.739304
Filename :
739304
Link To Document :
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