<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In recent times, with many applications, the IP networks have become the most powerful tool for sharing information. Best-effort IP interconnected networks deliver data according to the available resources, without any assurance of throughput, delay bounds, or reliability requirements. As a result, their performance is highly variable and cannot be guaranteed. In IP networks, ensuring proper link capacity at the packet level is a challenging problem. In this article, a method to evaluate the link capacity of IP networks at the packet level based on a single server delay system with state-dependent arrival and departure processes is suggested. The dependence of the traffic being carried on the queue length and on the defined waiting time is shown. Presented graphic dependencies allow for defined quality of service, namely the probability of packet loss and admissible delays, to determine the carried traffic of the links.</p></abstract>

In recent times, with many applications, the IP networks have become the most powerful tool for sharing information. Best-effort IP interconnected networks deliver data according to the available resources, without any assurance of throughput, delay bounds, or reliability requirements. As a result, their performance is highly variable and cannot be guaranteed. In IP networks, ensuring proper link capacity at the packet level is a challenging problem. In this article, a method to evaluate the link capacity of IP networks at the packet level based on a single server delay system with state-dependent arrival and departure processes is suggested. The dependence of the traffic being carried on the queue length and on the defined waiting time is shown. Presented graphic dependencies allow for defined quality of service, namely the probability of packet loss and admissible delays, to determine the carried traffic of the links.

Packet-Level Link Capacity Evaluation for IP Networks

Cybernetics and Information Technologies

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In recent times, with many applications, the IP networks have become the most powerful tool for sharing information. Best-effort IP interconnected networks...

Packet-Level Link Capacity Evaluation for IP Networks

Published Online: Mar 30, 2018

Page range: 30 - 40

Received: Nov 17, 2017

Accepted: Dec 10, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2018-0003

© 2018 Seferin T. Mirtchev, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.