Dynamic phase transition observed in the Internet traffic flow

Misako Takayasu, Hideki Takayasu and Kensuke Fukuda

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2000, vol. 277, issue 1, 248-255

Abstract: We observe temporal fluctuations of information traffic going through a link of the Internet. The fluctuations are characterized by finite correlation times implying that they can be regarded as statistically quasi-stationary. Usual methods in statistical physics become powerful and we confirm a dynamical phase transition occurring between jam and sparse phases with critical behaviors at a non-trivial critical mean density.

Keywords: Internet; Information traffic; Packet density fluctuation; Phase transition; Critical behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(99)00499-9

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