Title :
Analogy between data networks and electric networks
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Notre Dame Univ., IN, USA
fDate :
6/6/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
It is shown that two fundamental laws, Ohm´s law in electric circuits and Little´s theorem for queueing systems, are highly analogous. For both single nodes and networks, there is a striking equivalence between the two laws that facilitates the teaching and understanding of the related concepts of current flow in a resistor network and data flow in a communication network
Keywords :
circuit theory; information theory; networks (circuits); queueing theory; telecommunication networks; Little´s theorem; Ohm´s law; analogy; communication network; current flow; data flow; data networks; electric networks; queueing systems; resistor network;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20020413
