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In this paper, the statistical multiplexing of independent fractional Brownian traffic streams with the same Hurst value 0.5<H<1 is studied. The buffer overflow probabilities based on steady-state and transient queue length tail distributions are used respectively as the common performance criterion. Under general conditions, the minimal buffer allocation to the merged traffic is identified in either case so that strictly positive bandwidth savings are realized. Impact of the common H value on multiplexing gains is investigated. The analytical results are applicable in data network engineering problems, where ATM is deployed as the transport network carrying long-range dependent data traffic.
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Yan, Y. Statistical Multiplexing of Homogeneous Fractional Brownian Streams. Queueing Systems 47, 379–388 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:QUES.0000036398.96119.9b
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