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The effective bandwidth estimation for a self-similar traffic stream

AuthorSanthaya Silachamroon
Call NumberAIT Thesis no.TC-02-12
Subject(s)Telecommunication--Traffic

NoteA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology
PublisherAsian Institute of Technology
Series StatementThesis ; no. TC-02-12
AbstractIn this thesis work, effective bandwidth of a self-similar traffic stream entering an ATM statistical multiplexer is studied. The effective bandwidth estimation approach based on the modified upper bound for tail distribution of queue length that is proposed to use with self-similar traffic are applied. The advantage of this upper bound is that it takes into account both short-range and long-range dependent behavior of the traffic. The self-similar traffic is modeled by the equivalent minisources model. Input traffic traces used to verify this estimation method consist of generated self-similar traffic and a downloaded video traffic trace. Analytical and simulation results are then compared and factors that may have influence on the bound are investigated. Two schemes to distribute cells are studied, periodically distributed and distributed into exponential distribution batch size. Simulation results show that effective bandwidth of the traffic decreases when larger buffer is applied and it is higher and decreases slower for traffic that has higher Hurst parameter (H). Effective bandwidth estimated from this approach can be used as a good upper bound for traffic that has different Hurst parameter, although it decays very slowly for traffic with large Hurst parameter. The results obtained from simulation and estimation depend on the distribution of offered cells in slots (higher resolution time scale). The maximum difference of the estimated and simulation results is not more than 2.9% for the generated self-similar traffic that has small variance. For video traffic that has high variance, the maximum difference of the estimated and simulation results is high. However, the estimated results give close bound to all traffic at the beginning of the range of buffer size.
Year2002
Corresponding Series Added EntryAsian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. TC-02-12
TypeThesis
SchoolSchool of Engineering and Technology (SET)
DepartmentDepartment of Information and Communications Technologies (DICT)
Academic Program/FoSTelecommunications (TC)
Chairperson(s)Erke, Tapio ;
Examination Committee(s)Ahmed, Kazi M. ;Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn;
Scholarship Donor(s)Telephone Organization of Thailand (TOT);
DegreeThesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2002


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