Analysis of a correlated queue in a communication system

  • Israel Cidon
  • , Roch Guerin

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Abstract

We study a family of queues where the service time Bn of customer n depends on the interarrival time In between customers n - 1 and n. In particular, we focus on dependencies that arise naturally in communication links constrains the amount of data that can be received in a given time interval. Specifically, we study queues where the random variables In and Bn exhibit a proportionality relation. The paper starts with the simple case of a deterministic proportionality relation between the service time of a customer and its preceding interarrival time. This is then extended to allow for the addition of an independent, generally distributed overhead to the service time. Next, we consider several models that capture the ON-OFF behavior of communication links in packet networks. In all cases we provide expressions for the delay experienced by a packet in the system, and provide numerical examples that illustrate the impact of dependencies through comparison with less accurate models.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - IEEE INFOCOM
PublisherPubl by IEEE
Pages209-216
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)0818635800
StatePublished - 1993
EventProceedings of the 12th Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies - IEEE INFOCOM '93 - San Francisco, CA, USA
Duration: Mar 30 1993Apr 1 1993

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE INFOCOM
Volume1
ISSN (Print)0743-166X

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the 12th Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies - IEEE INFOCOM '93
CitySan Francisco, CA, USA
Period03/30/9304/1/93

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