DocumentCode
752486
Title
On the "Bursty Factor" as a Measure for Characterizing Data Traffic
Author
Ephremides, A.
Author_Institution
Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Volume
26
Issue
11
fYear
1978
fDate
11/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1791
Lastpage
1792
Abstract
It is argued that the "Bursty Factor" is not a new measure for characterizing data traffic in that it does not really introduce a new concept of "burstiness," and that it is equally non-inherent a characteristic of the data source as the peak-to-average ratio or the duty cycle.
Keywords
Data communications; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Channel capacity; Delay effects; Filters; Noise figure; Noise level; Noise measurement; Peak to average power ratio; Signal to noise ratio;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Communications, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0090-6778
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TCOM.1978.1094001
Filename
1094001
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