INVESTIGATION OF A CELLULAR AUTOMATON MODEL FOR COMPUTER NETWORK
Jianhu Yuan · Acta Physica Sinica · 2000
We have studied the collective behavior of computer network nodes by using of a cellular automaton model.It is shown that when the load of network is constant,the probability distributions for throughputs and buffer contents of nodes are power\|law in both space and time.And the power spectrum of the number of nodes bearing a constant part of the system load has the features of a 1/ f noise.It can be seen as yet another example of self\|organized criticality.Power\|law decay in the distribution of buffer contents implies that large congestion in network occurs with less probability.The temporal power\|law distribution for throughput may become another explanation for the observed self\|similarity in computer network traffic.