Jitter Analysis of Multimedia Streaming Traffic Assuming Batch Arrivals
Peter Zalan, Sándor Molnár, Tamás Éltető · 2008
This paper deals with the queueing analysis of IP networks carrying streaming traffic. The main focus of the analysis is the jitter which is a widely used performance characteristic of that type of traffic. The study is carried out by a novel technique using Quasi-Birth-Death processes in a matrix-geometric approach. Our method calculates network performance descriptors such as the transient queue length and the jitter characteristics in the case of correlated batch arrivals and Phase-type service times. The method is demonstrated by several numerical examples that are also compared to simulation results. A jitter measurement-based utilisation estimation method is also presented as an application of our results.