The fractal feature of telecommunication network

Because there are a lot of the self-similarity phenomena found in the communication system, many researchers are doing work in this field. Experimental evidence for self-similarity in various types of data network traffic is overwhelming and continues to grow. In this paper, we point out that Internet traffic has self-similarity using the actual trace in ChinaNet. Then we propose the restricting mechanism and attractor in telecommunication systems as the essential reason of fractal characteristics. In the research of network traffic trace, we cited the fractal theory and explain the reasons of self-similarity property of traffic in telecommunication network and long-range dependent from every aspect. One viewpoint is proposed that the fractal structure of telecommunication network shows the attraction and dissipation energy of long-term trends in systems, which extends the meaning of the original fractal theory.