On self-similar traffic in ATM queues: Definitions, overflow probability bound, and cell delay distribution

Recent traffic measurements in corporate local-area networks (LAN's), variable-bit-rate video sources, ISDN control-channels, and other communication systems, have indicated traffic behavior of self-similar nature, This paper first discusses some definitions and propel ties of (second-order) selfsimilarity and gives simpler criteria for it, It then gives a model of self-similar traffic suitable for queuing system analysis of an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) queue, A lower bound to the overflow probability of a finite ATM buffer is obtained, as also a lower bound to the cell loss probability, Finally, the stationary distribution of the cell delay in an infinite ATM buffer is obtained.