Performance of Communication Systems: A Model-Based Approach with Matrix-Geometric Methods / Edition 1

by Alexander Ost

Overview

This book is about efficient communication. The role of communication, as a means for the transmission of information among people, is one of the key factors driving the development of our civilization. There are numerous examples where new achievements in the communications area had a crucial impact on our society. The human language can be considered as one of the first steps for the efficient delivery of information between people. Similarly, the influence of other milestones like written communication, bookprinting, telegraphy and the telephone and television system was essential. Facilities for quickly accessing existing information and for the fast delivery of information have become one of the most important economical factors nowadays. Clearly, fulfilling the ever-increasing demand for fast, cheap and reliable communications represents itself an important industry, leading to substan­ tial technical achievements in this area. After only being used by an "information elite" in the beginning, developments like the telephone system and the Internet quickly spread and are now widely accepted, as witnessed by the ubiquitous presence of mobile phones and Internet applications like the World Wide Web.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642074707
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	12/07/2010
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2001
Pages:	290
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

I. Introduction and Motivation.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Modern Telecommunication Networks.- 3. The View from Industry: First Modeling Approaches.- II. Node Analysis.- 4. Quasi-Birth-and-Death Processes.- 5. High-Level System Specification with iSPNs.- 6. Application Examples: Node Analysis.- III. Network Analysis.- 7. Queueing Network Analysis Techniques.- 8. Conclusions and Outlook.- A. Linear Algebra and Probability Theory Primer.- A.1 Polynomial Eigenvalue Problems.- A.1.1 Definition.- A.1.2 Linearization.- A.1.3 Other Solution Approaches.- A.2 Phase-Type Distributions.- A.3 Markovian Arrival Processes.- B. Tool Description.- B.1 User Interface.- B.1.1 Model Specification.- B.1.2 Execution Control.- B.1.3 Output Format.- B.2 Implementation.- C. Model Specifications.- C.1 An IN Model Based on M|G|1 Node Models.- C.2 A Checkpointing Transaction Processing System.- C.2.1 Parameterization.- C.2.2 Variable Definitions.- C.2.3 Petri Net Specification.- C.2.4 Definition of Reward-Based Measures.- C.3 Connection Management for Video Traffic.- C.3.1 Variable Definitions.- C.3.2 Petri Net Specification.- C.3.3 Definition of Reward-Based Measures.- C.4 WWW Traffic and TCP/IP Congestion Control.- C.4.1 Variable Definitions.- C.4.2 Petri Net Specification.- C.4.3 Definition of Reward-Based Measures.- C.5 Pseudo-Self-Similar Arrival Processes.- C.5.1 Variable Definitions.- C.5.2 Petri Net Specification.- C.5.3 Definition of Reward-Based Measures.- Notation and Abbreviations.