Queue length distribution of network packet traffic: Tsallis entropy maximization with fractional moments

IEEE Communications Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-36

  Karmeshu, ^a   Sharma, Shachi ^a,b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TELEMATICS   (India)

Author keywords

Buffer overflow probability; Fractional moment long range dependence; Maximum entropy principle; Power law; Tsallis entropy

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; QUEUEING NETWORKS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

BUFFER OVERFLOW PROBABILITY; FRACTIONAL MOMENT LONG RANGE DEPENDENCE; MAXIMUM ENTROPY PRINCIPLE; NETWORK PACKET TRAFFIC; POWER LAW; QUEUE LENGTH DISTRIBUTION; TSALLIS ENTROPY;

PACKET NETWORKS;

EID: 32444435641     PISSN: 10897798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LCOMM.2006.1576561     Document Type: Article

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