A simulation scenario for performance studies under self-similar traffic
Candelaria Sansores, Luis Rizo-Domínguez, Julio César Ramírez Pacheco · 2009
A lot of simulations results have been reported based on the well-known network traffic self-similarity phenomena and its performance However, the impact of the number of sources had not been sufficient emphasized in the generation of synthetic self-similar traffic. In this paper we describe a simulation scenario suitable for the testing of performance issues under self-similar traffic. Our analysis was centered on the effect of traffic aggregation over the self-similarity degree, determining the necessary number of sources to approach the verified relation H = (3 - min α)/2. Besides, we highlighted the performance of several Hurst parameters estimators for this type of simulation scenarios, identifying the most suited ones.