A sequential test approach for policing mechanisms to deal with monofractal and multifractal traffic

In this paper, the multifractal leaky bucket, a novel traffic policing mechanism capable of accurately monitoring multifractal traffic sources, is introduced. The multifractal leaky bucket algorithm is based on the multifractal envelope process introduced in C. A. V. Melo et al., (2004). Simulation experiments using both real and synthetic data show that the proposed algorithm is an effective policing mechanism to deal with multifractal traffic. The multifractal leaky bucket is proved to be a generalization of the fractal leaky bucket, a traffic policing mechanism capable of accurately monitoring monofractal sources presented in N. L. S. Fonseca et al., (2000). In addition, we introduce a novel approach based on sequential tests to represent policing algorithms