Consider a switching node that is processing self-similar traffic which will be
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Question
Consider a switching node that is processing self-similar traffic which will be transmitted on a specific outbound 56 kbps link. The mean packet length of this incoming traffic is 1000 bits/packet, and the mean arrival rate is 45 packets/second.
(a) Compute the mean number of packets in the system (r) and the average time that a packet spends in the system (Tr) if the Hirst parameter for this traffic is H = 0.75.
(b) Compute the mean number of packets in the system (r) and the average time that a packet spends in the system (Tr) if the Hirst parameter for this traffic is H = 0.9.