Mathematics – Probability
Scientific paper
2010-11-23
Mathematics
Probability
25 pages, 3 figures, presented at the Ninth Northeast Probability Seminar, previous versions had a typo in the abstract and a
Scientific paper
Various empirical and theoretical studies indicate that cumulative network traffic is a Gaussian process. However, depending on whether the intensity at which sessions are initiated is large or small relative to the session duration tail, Mikosch et al. (Ann Appl Probab, 12:23-68, 2002) and Kaj and Taqqu (Progress Probab, 60:383-427, 2008) have shown that traffic at large time scales can be approximated by either fractional Brownian motion (fBm) or stable Levy motion. We study distributional properties of cumulative traffic that consists of a finite number of independent streams and give an explanation of why Gaussian examples abound in practice but not stable Levy motion. We offer an explanation of how much vertical aggregation is needed for the Gaussian approximation to hold. Our results are expressed as limit theorems for a sequence of cumulative traffic processes whose session initiation intensities satisfy growth rates similar to those used in Mikosch et al. (Ann Appl Probab, 12:23-68, 2002).
Lopez-Oliveros Luis
Resnick Sidney I.
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