Approximation to a Behavioral Model for EstimatingTraffic Aggregation Scenarios

This article provides a comparison among different methods for estimating theaggregation of internet traffic resulting from different users, network-access types andcorresponding services. some approximate models usually used as isolated methods arecombined with a temporally scaled on-off model with binomial approximations. theaggregation problem is solved using a new form of parameterization based on the compositionof the source traffic accordingly to the concrete characteristics of the users, the accesses and theservices. this is a new concept, called casual, included within an overall network planningmethodology for the design and dimensioning of next generation internet