Different Traffic Models

Different Traffic Models

• Smooth Traffic
  • Voice, video with fixed rate compression
  • Aggregate of large number of bursty sources may be smooth
  • Rate-based control schemes work well

• Bursty Traffic
  • Voice, video with variable compression
  • Maybe due to protocols which break up transfers into packets or windows
  • Credit-based schemes control buffer allocation and work well

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