Invited Fluid queues with long-tailed activity period distributions

  • Authors:
  • O. J. Boxma;V. Dumas

  • Affiliations:
  • CWI, PO Box 94079, 1090 GB Amsterdam, The Netherlands;CWI, PO Box 94079, 1090 GB Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • Venue:
  • Computer Communications
  • Year:
  • 1998

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Abstract

This is a survey paper on fluid queues, with a strong emphasis on recent attempts to represent phenomena like long-range dependence. The central model of the paper is a fluid queueing system fed by N independent sources that alternate between silence and activity periods. The distribution of the activity periods of at least one source is assumed to be long-tailed, which may give rise to long-range dependence. We consider the effect of this tail behaviour on the steady-state distributions of the buffer content at embedded points in time and at arbitrary time, and on the busy period distribution. Both exact results and bounds are discussed.