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Using Partial Differential Equations to Model TCP Mice and Elephants in Large IP Networks

Overview Fluid models of IP networks have been recently proposed as a way to break the scalability barrier of traditional discrete state-space models, both simulative (e.g., ns-2) and analytical (e.g., queues and Markov chains). Fluid models adopt an abstract deterministic description of the average network dynamics through a set of ordinary differential equations that are then solved numerically, obtaining estimates of the time-dependent network behavior. However, an important limit of the fluid model approaches presented so far in the literature is their unnatural representation of scenarios comprising the short-lived TCP flows that dominate in today's Internet.

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PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers File FormatPDF
Date PublishedFebruary 2004 Downloads1
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