On self-similar teletraffic models

Abstract

A brief introduction to the historical events leading to the present day research on self similar teletraffic models is given in Section 1.1, where a tribute to the father of Queueing theory, Erlang will be given. This continues with some of the major findings in this theory, which made the Poisson model into a universal law. The evolution of telephony and computer communication will be briefly mentioned to make the reader aware of the factors, which made some researchers look at self-similarity as one plausible model. In Section 1.2, the evolution of self-similar models will be briefly reviewed. Information of how this thesis is organised is given in Section 1.3.