WAP vs. WWW Traffic
n Some similarities:
§ Periodicity
Ø Daily patterns (and to some extent half-daily patterns)
Ø Weekly patterns (and to some extent half-weekly patterns)
Ø Not enough trace data to confirm/test for seasonal patterns
§ Self-similarity (Hurst Parameter between 0.79 and 0.82)
n But 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