Self-Similar Traffic Originating in the Transport Layer
Statistical Mechanics
2009-09-25 v1
Abstract
We performed a network traffic simulation to clarify the mechanism producing self-similar traffic originating in the transport layer level. Self-similar behavior could be observed without assuming a long-tailed distribution of the input file size. By repeating simulations with modified TCP we found that the feedback mechanism from the network, such as packet transmission driven by acknowledgement packets, plays an essential role in explaining the self-similarity observed in the actual traffic.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0012487,
title = {Self-Similar Traffic Originating in the Transport Layer},
author = {Kensuke Fukuda and Misako Takayasu and Hideki Takayasu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0012487},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
6 pages, 7 figures. to appear Communication Networks and Distributed Systems, Modeling and Simulation Conference