An analysis of network performance degradation induced by workload fluctuations

Author

Li, Guang-Liang ; Dowd, Patrick W.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Comput. Technol., Acad. Sinica, Beijing, China

Volume

3

Issue

4

fYear

1995

fDate

8/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

433

Lastpage

440

Abstract

Presents an analysis of network performance degradation induced by workload fluctuations. The basic idea of the analysis is based on catastrophe theory. Conventional performance models typically express workload only by using its average properties. However, it may not be possible to predict network performance simply by using average workload properties, since computer networks are nonlinear systems and workload of computer networks usually fluctuates intensely. The interaction between workload fluctuations and the nonlinearity may greatly affect network behavior. The present analysis shows that fluctuations in workload may change the dynamic structure of the system state space and cause the network performance to vary drastically

Keywords

catastrophe theory; computer networks; packet switching; performance evaluation; catastrophe theory; computer networks; dynamic structure; network performance degradation; nonlinear systems; nonlinearity; state space; workload fluctuations; Computer crashes; Computer networks; Degradation; Fluctuations; Nonlinear dynamical systems; Nonlinear systems; Performance analysis; Predictive models; State-space methods; Steady-state;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Networking, IEEE/ACM Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1063-6692

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/90.413217

Filename

413217