In this paper, we investigate statistical multiplexing characteristics of an ATM multiplexer for the bursty traffics. We first derive the upper bound of the cell loss probability, which is independent of the burst and idle period distributions. Using ...
In this paper, we investigate statistical multiplexing characteristics of an ATM multiplexer for the bursty traffics. We first derive the upper bound of the cell loss probability, which is independent of the burst and idle period distributions. Using this result, we estimate the lower bounds of the maximum link utilization and the multiplexing gain for the ATM multiplexer. We examine an equivalent bandwidth which is effective bandwidth required to satisfy the quality of service for a connection. Using the equivalent bandwidth concept, we find the maximum allowable number of multiplexed traffic sources.