A multiservice structured Markovian traffic source model

Successful design and efficient performance of future networks are closely related to the appropriate selection of traffic source models. The source model presented in this paper provides a simple way for characterizing the comportment of a telecommunication user recognizing the multilevel discipline of a telecommunication session. The traffic model is general enough to fit a variety of different services by appropriately varying the values of the parameters defining it but also it is simple enough because it is described by a small number of parameters and the defining parameters make a good intuitive sense by being closely related to actual physical quantities. Through careful selection of input parameters, the model capability to describe real traffic situations (e.g., LAN traffic) is demonstrated