Performance Analysis of a Fluid Queue with Random Service Rate in Discrete Time

We consider a fluid queue in discrete time with random service rate. Such a queue has been used in several recent studies on wireless networks where the packets can be arbitrarily fragmented. We provide conditions on finiteness of moments of stationary delay, its Laplace-Stieltjes transform and various approximations under heavy traffic. Results are extended to the case where the wireless link can transmit in only a few slots during a frame.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: TELETRAFFIC
• Authors: Onno J. Boxma, Vinod Sharma, D. K. Prasad
• Keywords: Computer Networks, Discrete Time, Random Service Rate, TELETRAFFIC 2007, fluid Queue