On the testing for alpha-stable distributions of network traffic

We demonstrate that the distribution of packet arrival and the distribution of byte arrival in Ethernet network traffic are the alpha-stable distributions. Our conclusions are supported by rigorous statistical analyses of one million packets measured from the actual network traffic and three differe...

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Published in:Computer communications 2004-03, Vol.27 (5), p.447-457
Main Authors: Xiaohu, Ge, Guangxi, Zhu, Yaoting, Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alpha-stable distribution
Communication
Network modeling
Networks
Telecommunication networks
Telecommunications industry
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Summary:We demonstrate that the distribution of packet arrival and the distribution of byte arrival in Ethernet network traffic are the alpha-stable distributions. Our conclusions are supported by rigorous statistical analyses of one million packets measured from the actual network traffic and three different statistical methods, coupled with a discussion of the underlying definition and statistical properties of the alpha-stable distribution and related theories of statistical methods. At last, we discuss the future research work based on the results of this paper
ISSN:0140-3664
1873-703X
DOI:10.1016/j.comcom.2003.10.004