Effect of clustering in a complex user network on the telephone traffic

Wai M. Tam, Francis C.M. Lau, Chi Tse, Yongxiang Xia and Xiuming Shan

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2006, vol. 371, issue 2, 745-753

Abstract: Recently, it has been found that the degree distribution of a user network has a significant effect on the traffic carried by a telephone network. In this paper, we investigate the effect of user clustering on the telephone traffic based on computer simulations. Both uniform and scale-free user networks have been considered. In a uniform user network, it has been found that the carried traffic is not affected by the clustering. On the other hand, a scale-free user network with high clustering produces more carried traffic compared to one with smaller clustering because of the larger call arrival rate and the smaller call blocking rate.

Keywords: Clustering; Scale-free; User network; Telephone traffic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2006.04.005

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