Performance modeling and analysis of hypoexponential network servers

Khaled Salah () and Said El Kafhali ()
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Khaled Salah: Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research (KUSTAR)
Said El Kafhali: Hassan 1st University

Telecommunication Systems: Modelling, Analysis, Design and Management, 2017, vol. 65, issue 4, No 11, 717-728

Abstract: Abstract Hypoexponential servers are commonly seen in today’s computer and communication networks whereby incoming packets are processed by the network server in multiple stages with each stage having a different processing time. This paper presents an analytical model to capture the behavior and subsequently analyze the performance of these network servers or similarly behaving systems. From our model, we derive key performance measures and features which include CPU utilization, system idleness, mean throughput, packet loss, mean system and queuing packet delays, and mean system and queue sizes. In addition, we present two popular finite queueing models (namely, M / D / 1 / K and M / M / 1 / K) to approximate our hypoexponential model. Results show that the both of these approximate models give close results when the system queue size is large.

Keywords: Network servers; Finite queueing systems; Hypoexponential service; Performance modeling and analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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