Long-term power-law fluctuation in Internet traffic
Physics and Society
2007-06-12 v2 General Physics
Abstract
Power-law fluctuation in observed Internet packet flow are discussed. The data is obtained by a multi router traffic grapher (MRTG) system for 9 months. The internet packet flow is analyzed using the detrended fluctuation analysis. By extracting the average daily trend, the data shows clear power-law fluctuations. The exponents of the fluctuation for the incoming and outgoing flow are almost unity. Internet traffic can be understood as a daily periodic flow with power-law fluctuations.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0609253,
title = {Long-term power-law fluctuation in Internet traffic},
author = {Shin-ichi Tadaki},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0609253},
year = {2007}
}
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10 pages, 8 figures