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To determine whether Ethernet local area network traffic exhibits statistical self-similarity and to evaluate how fractal behavior impacts high-speed network engineering.

January 1, 1994IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

On the self-similar nature of Ethernet traffic (extended version)

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WLW.E. LelandRTX (United States)MTMurad S. TaqquBoston University WWWalter WillingerNorthwestern University

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Statistical analysis demonstrates fractal self-similarity in Ethernet LAN traffic, indicating that traffic aggregation intensifies burstiness rather than smoothing it.

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To determine whether Ethernet local area network traffic exhibits statistical self-similarity and to evaluate how fractal behavior impacts high-speed network engineering.
Analyzed hundreds of millions of high-resolution Ethernet traffic measurements collected systematically between 1989 and 1992.
Evaluated the mathematical properties of self-similarity and long-range dependence against empirical network packet streams.
Developed stochastic traffic models designed to replicate self-similar packet behaviors for high-speed network architectures.
Demonstrated that Ethernet network traffic is statistically self-similar, maintaining fractal-like structural properties across multiple timescales.
Established that aggregating multiple traffic streams intensifies burstiness instead of smoothing packet arrival rates as classical models predict.
Showed that traditional Poisson-based traffic models fail to replicate empirical network dynamics, leading to inaccurate capacity and buffer forecasts.

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Leland et al. (1994) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69df089f4fb243fc8e5916eb https://doi.org/10.1109/90.282603

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Statistical analysis demonstrates fractal self-similarity in Ethernet LAN traffic, indicating that traffic aggregation intensifies burstiness rather than smoothing it.

On the self-similar nature of Ethernet traffic (extended version)

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