Teletraffic

Information networks keep changing as society asks more of them, bringing new technologies and systems with them. The central challenge in building these networks is choosing the right capacity and layout so that a required level of performance is met.

This second edition explains the foundations of teletraffic theory and shows how they are applied in practice. It sets out practical formulas for more advanced models and points to further reading for each topic. Worked examples and exercises show how the theory works on real systems.

The revised edition expands coverage of asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), including recent performance evaluations of mixed bursty traffic and bursty traffic with finite buffers. It also covers local area networks (LANs), with an improved method for evaluating CSMA/CD (Ethernet) performance, and the explanations throughout have been reworked. The book is a translation and expansion of an original Japanese text by its two leading authors. It is intended for researchers, engineers and telecommunication or computer network managers, including readers who are not specialists in teletraffic.