Stochastic Network Calculus

• Main Authors: Liu, Yong (Author), Jiang, Yuming (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2008.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer organization.; Computer communication systems.; Computer system failures.; Computer Science.; Computer Communication Networks.; System Performance and Evaluation.; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks.

Network calculus, a theory dealing with queuing systems found in computer networks, focuses on performance guarantees. The development of an information theory for stochastic service-guarantee analysis has been identified as a grand challenge for future networking research. Towards that end, stochas...