NetworkTrafficCharacteristics.pptVIP

Fall 2000 CS 640 Network Traffic Characteristics Outline Motivation Self-similarity Ethernet traffic WAN traffic Web traffic Motivation for Network Traffic Study Understanding network traffic behavior is essential for all aspects of network design and operation Component design Protocol design Provisioning Management Modeling and simulation Literature and Today’s Focus W. Leland, M. Taqqu, W. Willinger, D. Wilson, On the Self-Similar Nature of Ethernet Traffic, IEEE/ACM TON, 1994. Baker Award winner V. Paxson, S. Floyd, Wide-Area Traffic: The Failure of Poisson Modeling, IEEE/ACM TO