Use of alpha-stable self-similar stochastic processes for modeling traffic in broadband networks

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3530, Issue , 1998, Pages 281-296

  Gallardo, José R ^a   Makrakis, Dimitrios ^a   Orozco Barbosa, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpha stable distributions; Long range dependence; Self similar processes; Traffic modeling

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; QUEUEING NETWORKS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

ALPHA STABLE STOCHASTIC PROCESS; SELF SIMILAR PROCESS; TRAFFIC MODELING;

TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

EID: 0032404626     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.325872     Document Type: Conference Paper

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