Network Protocols and the Causes of Chaotic Traffic

最近的实证研究表明，植根于混沌理论的自相似流量模型可能比通常用于网络流量的模型更合适。如果不了解这种自相似行为的原因，就很难说出这些模型的适用范围有多广，或者如果应该做些什么来缓解这种情况，我们将探索网络协议本身是否会使流量在工程上关注的时间尺度上看起来混乱，如果是，协议修改是否会有所帮助。这将通过模拟各种网络的现实模型来实现，无论是现在还是未来。在每个仿真中，将使用输入业务的良好行为(非混沌)模型，并将确定网络协议是否能够将该良好行为的输入转变为混沌或自相似业务流。

Recent empirical studies have shown that self-similar traffic models, which are rooted in chaos theory, may be more appropriate than the models typically in use for network traffic. Without an understanding of the causes of this self-similar behavior, it is difficult to say how widely applicable these models are, or what if anything should be done to mitigate the will explore whether network protocols themselves can make traffic appear chaotic over time scales of engineering interest, and if so, whether protocol modifications might help. This will be achieved by simulating realistic models of a variety of networks, present and future. In each simulation, a well-behaved (non-chaotic) model for input traffic will be employed, and it will be determined whether the network protocols can turn this well-behaved input into chaotic or self-similar traffic flows.