Title :
On the "Bursty Factor" as a Measure for Characterizing Data Traffic
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
fDate :
11/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
It is argued that the "Bursty Factor" is not a new measure for characterizing data traffic in that it does not really introduce a new concept of "burstiness," and that it is equally non-inherent a characteristic of the data source as the peak-to-average ratio or the duty cycle.
Keywords :
Data communications; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Channel capacity; Delay effects; Filters; Noise figure; Noise level; Noise measurement; Peak to average power ratio; Signal to noise ratio;
Journal_Title :
Communications, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TCOM.1978.1094001
