Traffic measurements in packet communications networks
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1. A network access control system for packet communications networks comprisinga plurality of sources of digital traffic for transmission on one of said networks,means for characterizing said digital traffic incoming to said one of said communications networks by the peak bit rate of said digital traffic, the mean bit rate of said digital traffic, and the burst length of said digital traffic,means for determining the loss probability distribution of said digital traffic,means responsive to said distribution determining means for determining an equivalent burst length for said digital traffic having the same peak and mean bit rates and producing said loss probability distribution under the assumption that the burst and idle period distribution of said digital traffic is exponential and uncorrelated, andmeans utilizing said equivalent burst length for controlling the access of said digital traffic to said one network.
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Abstract
A packet communications network relies on a few simple parameters to characterize the wide variety of traffic offered to that network, such as peak bit rate, mean bit rate and average packet burst length. A better representation of many types of traffic relies on an equivalent burst length which produces the same loss probability distribution, but assumes that the distribution is uncorrelated and exponential. Access control and bandwidth management based on such an equivalent burst length produces improved decisions due to the more accurate representation of the actual traffic distribution.
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1. A network access control system for packet communications networks comprising
a plurality of sources of digital traffic for transmission on one of said networks, means for characterizing said digital traffic incoming to said one of said communications networks by the peak bit rate of said digital traffic, the mean bit rate of said digital traffic, and the burst length of said digital traffic, means for determining the loss probability distribution of said digital traffic, means responsive to said distribution determining means for determining an equivalent burst length for said digital traffic having the same peak and mean bit rates and producing said loss probability distribution under the assumption that the burst and idle period distribution of said digital traffic is exponential and uncorrelated, and means utilizing said equivalent burst length for controlling the access of said digital traffic to said one network.
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6. A packet communications network including a network access control system comprising
a plurality of sources of digital traffic for transmission on said network, means for characterizing said digital traffic incoming to said communications network by the peak bit rate of said digital traffic, the mean bit rate of said digital traffic, and the burst length of said digital traffic, means for determining the loss probability distribution of said digital traffic, means responsive to said distribution determining means for determining an equivalent burst length for said digital traffic having the same peak and mean bit rates and producing said loss probability distribution under the assumption that the burst and idle period distribution of said digital traffic is exponential and uncorrelated, and means utilizing said equivalent burst length for controlling the access of said digital traffic to said network.
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11. A method for controlling network access to a packet communications network comprising
characterizing digital traffic incoming into said communications network by the peak bit rate for said digital traffic, the mean bit rate for said digital traffic, and the burst length for said digital traffic, determining the loss probability distribution of said digital traffic, in response to said step of distribution determination, determining an equivalent burst length for said digital traffic having the same peak and mean bit rates and producing said loss probability distribution under the assumption that the burst and idle period distribution of said digital traffic is exponential and uncorrelated, and utilizing said equivalent burst length for controlling the access of distribution said digital traffic to said one network.
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