Fractional noise in experimental measurements of IP traffic in a metropolitan area network

GLOBECOM - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 781-785

  Bregni, Stefano ^a,b   Erangoli, Walter ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fractional noise; Internet; Long range dependence; Metropolitan area network; Self similarity; Traffic measurement (communication)

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY STABILITY MEASUREMENT; INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP); NETWORK SIMULATION; TRAFFIC MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 33846593920     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2005.1577746     Document Type: Conference Paper

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