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This paper describes the behaviour of individual Web users as well as aggregate HTTP traffic basing on actual traces taken from a transoceanic link between Japan and USA. The proposed model characterises the traffic at different levels, ranging from packets to Web pages. Thus, the study investigates the effects of aggregation on the heavy-tailed nature and the long range dependence present in the variables which govern Internet traffic.
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Casilari, E., Cano-García, J.M., González-Cañete, F.J., Sandoval, F. (2004). Modelling of Individual and Aggregate Web Traffic. In: Mammeri, Z., Lorenz, P. (eds) High Speed Networks and Multimedia Communications. HSNMC 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3079. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-25969-5_8
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