Towards a framework of QoS measure estimates for packet-based networks

In the widely studied and powerful bufferless fluid flow multiplexing model (bffm), important QoS measures are often considered such as saturation probability and workload loss ratio. When regulated traffic are multiplexed into a buffer, similar QoS measures can also be identified such as buffer overflow probability and buffer workload loss ratio. In this paper, we set up a family of closed-form bounds which can be applied for QoS measures arising in both multiplexing models. The bounds have been compared based on numerical investigations.