FYI: Bell Labs recently conducted an analysis of the nature of Internet
traffic. Some pretty interesting findings.
http://Networking.ittoolbox.com/browse.asp?c=NetworkingNews&r=/news/dispnews
.asp?i=44100
Through the use of sophisticated new software programs that analyzed and
simulated data traffic in "unprecedented detail," Bell Labs researchers
found that the "burstiness" seen in traffic at the edges of the Internet
disappears at the core. The discovery that traffic on heavily loaded,
high-capacity network links is unexpectedly regular may point the way to
more efficient system and network designs with better performance at lower
cost, Bell Labs said.
FYI: Bell Labs recently conducted an analysis of the nature of Internet
traffic. Some pretty interesting findings.
http://Networking.ittoolbox.com/browse.asp?c=NetworkingNews&r=/new
s/dispnews
.asp?i=44100
This is nothing too new. We have seen for quite some time that the greater
the aggregate the less bursty it is. Usage of T3 and above links seem to
pretty stable. It seems that aggregation of a certain number of bursty
flows produces a predictable traffic pattern.
...djr...
[ On Thursday, June 7, 2001 at 09:26:02 (-0600), Irwin Lazar wrote: ]
Subject: Bell Labs' Discovery May Lead to Efficient Networks
Through the use of sophisticated new software programs that analyzed and
simulated data traffic in "unprecedented detail," Bell Labs researchers
found that the "burstiness" seen in traffic at the edges of the Internet
disappears at the core. The discovery that traffic on heavily loaded,
high-capacity network links is unexpectedly regular may point the way to
more efficient system and network designs with better performance at lower
cost, Bell Labs said.
Anyone with a dozen busy dial-up ports could have told them that....
hmm, unprecedented that.. who'd have thought it huh? ground breaking stuff
jeezus glad they invested the time and energy