The Fundamental Role of Teletraffic in the Evolution of Telecommunications Networks

Content: 
Teletraffic Science and Engineering
Page ii

Front Matter
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Preface
Pages v-vi
Jacques LABETOULLE, Jim ROBERTS

National Committee
Page vii

Technical Programme Committee
Page viii

List of Referees
Pages ix-x

Technical Programme
Pages xi-xii

Personal Communication Services and Teletraffic Standardization in ITU-T
Pages 1-12
D. Grillo, A. Lewis, R. Pandya

The Performance of Single Resource Loss Systems in Multiservice Networks
Pages 13-21
N.G. Bean, R.J. Gibbens, S. Zachary

Performance and Roles of Bandwidth and Buffer Reservation Schemes in High Speed Networks
Pages 23-34
B.T. Doshi, S. Dravida, P. Harshavardhana

Applications of Fractals in Engineering for Realistic Traffic Processes
Pages 35-44
Ashok Erramilli, James Gordon, Walter Willinger

Queues with Total Recall – Application to the B-ISDN
Pages 45-54
R.G. Addie, M. Zukerman

Queueing Analysis of Partial Buffer Sharing with Markov Modulated Poisson Inputs
Pages 55-64
Ke-Qiang Liao

Overflow probability upper bound for heterogeneous fluid queues handling general on-off sources
Pages 65-74
J. Guibert

m-MMBP Characterization of the Departure Process of an m-MMBP/Geo/1/K Queue
Pages 75-84
Dooyeong Park, Harry G. Perros

Dynamic Network Call Distribution with Periodic Updates
Pages 85-94
Yonatan Levy, Sanja Durinovic-Johri, Rodolfo A. Milito

Using Customer Expectation in Planning the Intelligent Network
Pages 95-104
Doug MacDonald, Sylvain Archambault

Preventing Release Message Avalanches in Common Channel Signaling Networks
Pages 105-114
Donald E. Smith

Critical Congestion Control Issues in the Evolution of Common Channel Signaling Networks
Pages 115-124
Michael P. Rumsewicz

Telephone Circuit Holding Time Distributions
Pages 125-134
Vladimir A. Bolotin

Looking through the ex-USSR teletraffic papers
Pages 135-143
M.A. Schneps-Schneppe, B.V. Gnedenko, A.D. Kharkevich

On the modified-offered-load approximation for the nonstationary Erlang loss model
Pages 145-153
W.A. Massey, W. Whitt

Performance Analysis of a Batch Service System
Pages 155-168
H. Gold, B. Frötschl

Analysis of a discrete-time queue with a gate
Pages 169-178
Fumio Ishizaki, Tetsuya Takine, Toshiharu Hasegawa

On the asymptotic behavior of discrete—time single—server queueing systems with general Markov–modulated arrival processes
Pages 179-189
Yijun XIONG, Herwig BRUNEEL

Link Capacity Allocation by Input Power Spectrum
Pages 191-200
Chia-Lin Hwang, San-qi Li

On the Performance of an Effective Bandwidths Formula
Pages 201-212
COSTAS COURCOUBETIS, GEORGE FOUSKAS, RICHARD WEBER

A Call Admission Control for Multiservice Networks with Declarable and Enforceable Traffic Parameters
Pages 213-222
Indra Widjaja, Franco Callegati

ATM Source Traffic Descriptor Based on the Peak, Mean and Second Moment of the Cell Rate
Pages 223-232
Julián Andrade

Desirable Properties of Traffic Descriptors for ATM Connections in a Broadband Isdn
Pages 233-242
Arthur W. Berger

Overload Control in ISDN PABXs
Pages 243-252
Wolfgang Hubig, Dietmar Weber

Performance Specification, Call-processing Capacity, and Overload Control for SPC Systems with Extremely High Peak Traffic
Pages 253-262
Shuichi SUMITA, Shin-ichi NAKAGAWA

On a Cut-Off Priority Delay-Loss System with Three Types of Traffic and Overload Control
Pages 263-274
Rudolf G. Schehrer

The Impact of New Services and New Control Architectures on Overload Control
Pages 275-283
Ulf Körner, Christian Nyberg, Bengt Wallström

Correlated Arrival Processes in Switching Systems and some Applications
Pages 285-293
A. Brandt, D. Weber

Variable Bit Rate Mpeg Video: Characteristics, Modeling and Multiplexing
Pages 295-306
Daniel Reininger, Benjamin Melamed, Dipankar Raychaudhuri

Characterizing Alarm Traffic from Telephone Exchanges: Methodology and Case Study
Pages 307-318
J. Enríquez, A. López, J. Gamo

Statistical Analysis and Stochastic Modeling of Self-Similar Datatraffic
Pages 319-328
W.E. Leland, W. Willinger, M.S. Taqqu, D.V. Wilson

Chaotic Maps As Models of Packet Traffic
Pages 329-338
Ashok Erramilli, R.P. Singh, Parag Pruthi

Accurate Force and Answer Consistency Algorithms for Operator Services J.J. Gordon
Pages 339-348
M.S. Fowler

Analytic Traffic Models of CDMA Cellular Networks
Pages 349-356
David Everitt

Teletraffic Performance in Intelligent Network Services
Pages 357-366
James Yan, Doug MacDonald

Failure and Congestion Propagation Through Signaling Controls
Pages 367-376
D.J. Houck, K.S. Meier-Hellstern, F. Saheban, R.A. Skoog

Which Arrival Law Parameters Are Decisive for Queueing System Performance
Pages 377-386
Reto Grünenfelder, Stephan Robert

Minimal ON/OFF Source Models for ATM Traffic
Pages 387-400
F. Bonomi, J. Meyer, S. Montagna, R. Paglino

Tariffs and effective bandwidths in multiservice networks
Pages 401-410
F.P. Kelly

On the effectiveness of effective bandwidths for admission control in ATM networks
Pages 411-420
Gagan L. Choudhury, David M. Lucantoni, Ward Whitt

Output from an A-M-S type fluid queue
Pages 421-430
Samuli Aalto

Busy and Idle Periods at an ATM Multiplexer Output Resulting from the Superposition of Homogeneous ON/OFF Sources
Pages 431-440
Rasti Slosiar

Study of multiplexing for ATM traffic sources
Pages 441-452
G. Fiche, W. Lorcher, R. Veyland, F.F. Oger

Idle and busy period distributions of an infinite capacity N * D/D/1 queue
Pages 453-459
Jorma T. Virtamo

The Effect of Shaping or Phasing of Individual VCs in ATM networks
Pages 461-470
Olav Østerbø

Additional Channel Assignment in a Cellular System by Graph Theoretic Model
Pages 471-480
Heesang Lee, Sang-Baeg Kim, Sang-Il Lee

Performance analysis of multilayer cellular networks with classes of mobile stations
Pages 481-492
Terje Jensen

Optimal Paging in Cellular Mobile Telephone Systems
Pages 493-502
Seshu Madhavapeddy

The highway PALM: a stochastic model to capture space and time dynamics in wireless communication systems
Pages 503-512
W.A. Massey, W. Whitt

Modelling of Segmentation and Reassembly Processes in Communication Networks
Pages 513-524
Geert J. Heijenk, Magda El Zarki, Ignas G. Niemegeers

Combined Queueing and Activity Network Based Modeling of Sojourn Time Distributions in Distributed Telecommunication Systems
Pages 525-534
Gagan L. Choudhury, David J. Houck

Bursty Traffic in Packet Switched Networks
Pages 535-548
Pierre LE GALL

Extreme Values of Random Times in Markovian Networks
Pages 549-558
Sungyeol Kang, Richard F. Serfozo

Worst case analysis of ATM sources with application to access engineering of broadband multiservice networks
Pages 559-569
Mario Bonatti, Alexei A. Gaivoronski

Worst Deterministic Pattern Allocation strategy: a practical solution to go beyond peak allocation in ATM networks
Pages 571-580
Andrea Baiocchi, Nicola Blefari-Melazzi, Marco Listanti

Modelling Deterministic Queues: The Leaky Bucket as an Arrival Process
Pages 581-590
Tom Worster

Deterministic Rule Based Traffic Descriptors For Broadband ISDN: Worst Case Behavior And Connection Acceptance Control
Pages 591-600
B.T. Doshi

Performance analysis of ATM multistage networks with shared queueing under correlated traffic
Pages 601-610
Martino De Marco, Achille Pattavina

Performance analysis of a resequencing unit in a multipath self-routing switch fabric
Pages 611-621
E. Desmet, B. Steyaert, H. Bruneel, G.H.M. Petit

Delay Performance of a Multistage ATM Switching Network
Pages 623-634
S. Montagna, R. Paglino, J.F. Meyer

The strictly non-blocking condition for three-stage networks
Pages 635-644
Martin Collier, Tommy Curran

Channel Grouping Techniques in the ATM Shuffleout Switch
Pages 645-654
M. Decina, P. Giacomazzi, A. Pattavina

Unified Models of Survivability for Multi-Technology Networks
Pages 655-666
K.R. Krishnan, R.D. Doverspike, C.D. Pack

Routing with economic regulation for telecommunication networks
Pages 667-676
M. Lebourges

Comparative Evaluation of Dynamic Routing Strategies for a Worldwide Intelligent Network
Pages 677-686
Gerald R. Ash, BaoSheng D. Huang

Models and Results for Planning the Evolution to Worldwide Intelligent Network (WIN) Dynamic Routing
Pages 687-698
J.A. Schmitt, Y. Watanabe

Cost reductions by coalitions in the international network
Pages 699-708
W.G. van Golstein Brouwers

On-Line Derivative Estimation for the GI/G/1 Queue with Multiple Vacations and Bernoulli Service Discipline
Pages 709-718
Naoto Miyoshi, Toshiharu Hasegawa

Simulative Comparison of the Waiting Time Distributions in Cyclic Polling Systems with Different Service Strategies
Pages 719-728
JOACHIM CHARZINSKI, THOMAS RENGER, MICHAEL TANGEMANN

A pseudo-conservation law for a polling system with a dormant server
Pages 729-742
S.C. Borst

Multiserver Queues with Impatient Customers
Pages 743-756
O.J. Boxma, P.R. de Waal

Analysis of a Multi-Server Model with Non-Preemptive Priorities and Non-Renewal Input
Pages 757-766
Dietmar Wagner

Transition splitting for estimation of rare events with applications to high speed data networks
Pages 767-776
Alexei A. Gaivoronski

An accelerated simulation technique for modelling burst scale queueing behaviour in ATM
Pages 777-786
J.M. Pitts, L.G. Cuthbert, M. Bocci, E.M. Scharf

Rare Event Simulation: a modified RESTART-Method using the LRE-Algorithm
Pages 787-796
Friedrich Schreiber, Carmelita Görg

Enhancement of the Accelerated Simulation Method RESTART by Considering Multiple Thresholds
Pages 797-810
M. Villén-Altamirano, A. Martínez-Marrón, J. Gamo, F. Fernández-Cuesta

Sample Path Analysis of Token Rings
Pages 811-820
Eitan Altman, Serguei Foss, Eric Riehl, Shaler Stidham Jr.

Performance Evaluation and Engineering Guidelines for the M/K Multiple Priority Policy in DQDB Networks
Pages 821-830
A.A. Fredericks, C. Chilimakuri

On a procedure to test whether the random variables of a sequence are independent and identically distributed, with applications to telephone and packet-switched networks
Pages 831-840
P.L. Conti, L. De Giovanni

Performance Comparison of Error Recovery Schemes for High Bandwidth-Delay Product Networks
Pages 841-852
Masayuki Murata, Yasutoshi Kikuchi, Hiroshi Inai, Hideo Miyahara

Networks of customer queues and resource queues
Pages 853-864
W. Henderson, B.S. Northcote, P.G. Taylor

The Power-Series Algorithm Applied to Polling Systems with a Dormant Server
Pages 865-874
J.P.C. Blanc, R.D. van der Mei

Erlang capacity of a shared resource
Pages 875-885
Debasis Mitra, John A. Morrison

Quick Simulation of Stationary Tail Probabilities at a Packet Switch
Pages 887-896
Shyam P. Parekh

Dimensioning and Design Methods for Integrated ATM Networks
Pages 897-906
Karl Lindberger

Real–Time Traffic Estimation in ATM Networks
Pages 907-916
R. Warfield, S. Chan, A. Konheim, A. Guillaume

A Technique for Measuring Rare Cell Losses in ATM Systems
Pages 917-930
Bjarne E. Helvik, Poul E. Heegaard

Management of Reconfigurable Virtual Path Networks
Pages 931-940
Åke Arvidsson

The Effect of Multipath Routing on the Loss Performance of Multiplexed ON-OFF Sources
Pages 941-950
Ram Krishnan, John A. Silvester

Topological Design of Metropolitan Area Networks
Pages 951-960
Ulrich Gremmelmaier

Analysing Timed-Token Ring Protocols Using the Power Series Algorithm
Pages 961-971
Eitan ALTMAN

Mean Waiting Time Approximations for FDDI
Pages 973-984
Michael Tangemann