Thomas Kunz
Dept. of Systems and Computer Engineering
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WAP vs. WWW Traffic
nSome similarities:
§Periodicity
ØDaily patterns (and to some extent half-daily
patterns)
ØWeekly patterns (and to some extent half-weekly
patterns)
ØNot enough trace data to confirm/test for seasonal
patterns
§Self-similarity
(Hurst Parameter between 0.79 and 0.82)
nBut also some differences:
§Smaller
packets (95% of all packets less than 220 bytes)
§Shorter
sessions
§Traffic more
balanced (dowlink traffic “only” about 3 times as much data as uplink traffic)
§No growth
trend in data presented in paper, but long-term growth trend clearly visible since