Performance of Communication Systems

I. Introduction and Motivation.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Modern Telecommunication Networks.- 3. The View from Industry: First Modeling Approaches.- II. Node Analysis.- 4. Quasi-Birth-and-Death Processes.- 5. High-Level System Specification with iSPNs.- 6. Application Examples: Node Analysis.- III. Network Analysis.- 7. Queueing Network Analysis Techniques.- 8. Conclusions and Outlook.- A. Linear Algebra and Probability Theory Primer.- A.1 Polynomial Eigenvalue Problems.- A.1.1 Definition.- A.1.2 Linearization.- A.1.3 Other Solution Approaches.- A.2 Phase-Type Distributions.- A.3 Markovian Arrival Processes.- B. Tool Description.- B.1 User Interface.- B.1.1 Model Specification.- B.1.2 Execution Control.- B.1.3 Output Format.- B.2 Implementation.- C. Model Specifications.- C.1 An IN Model Based on M|G|1 Node Models.- C.2 A Checkpointing Transaction Processing System.- C.2.1 Parameterization.- C.2.2 Variable Definitions.- C.2.3 Petri Net Specification.- C.2.4 Definition of Reward-Based Measures.- C.3 Connection Management for Video Traffic.- C.3.1 Variable Definitions.- C.3.2 Petri Net Specification.- C.3.3 Definition of Reward-Based Measures.- C.4 WWW Traffic and TCP/IP Congestion Control.- C.4.1 Variable Definitions.- C.4.2 Petri Net Specification.- C.4.3 Definition of Reward-Based Measures.- C.5 Pseudo-Self-Similar Arrival Processes.- C.5.1 Variable Definitions.- C.5.2 Petri Net Specification.- C.5.3 Definition of Reward-Based Measures.- Notation and Abbreviations.