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On a buffer problem for packetized voice with an N-periodic strongly interchangeable input process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Teunis J. Ott  and
J. George Shanthikumar
Teunis J. Ott*
Affiliation:
Bellcore
J. George Shanthikumar*
Affiliation:
University of California at Berkeley
*
∗ Postal address: Bell Communications Research, 445 South Street, P.O. Box 1910, Morristown. NJ 07960–1910, USA.
∗∗ Postal address: School of Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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Abstract

Consider a slotted communication channel which carries packetized voice and which can transmit exactly one packet every timeslot. Assume that every conversation routed over this channel generates exactly one packet every N timeslots. We study, for the case of an infinite buffer and an N-periodic strongly interchangeable input process, buffer behavior and packet delays as functions of the number of calls routed over the channel, as long as that number is less than or equal to N. Among our results are a simple algorithm which computes the marginal distribution of the buffer content and an algorithm with complexity of order N 4 which computes the distribution of the maximal buffer content (over a period of N timeslots).

Keywords

SLOTTED CHANNELN-PERIODICITYSTRONG INTERCHANGEABILITYALGORITHMIC PROBABILITY

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Research Papers
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , September 1991 , pp. 630 - 646
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1991 

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