Publication: Effects of Randomly Added Links on a Phase Transition in Data Network Traffic Models

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Title	Effects of Randomly Added Links on a Phase Transition in Data Network Traffic Models
Authors/Editors*	A. T. Lawniczak, A. Gerisch and K. Maxie
Where published*	Watam Press, Proceedings of the Third International DCDIS Conference on Engineering Applications and Computer Algorithms
How published*	None
Year*	2003
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Keywords	data networks, flow, congestion, phase transition
Link	http://www3.sympatico.ca/alawnicz
Abstract	We investigate how additional links added randomly to a network connection topology affect the phase transition from the free fow state to the congested state in packet-switching networks (PSNs). For the purpose of our study we have identified that the OSI Network Layer is the most important layer of the OSI reference model. For this layer we developed an abstraction for which we derived a time-discrete algorithmic simulation model. Using this simulation model we investigate the effects of various routing algorithms and connection topologies on the phase transition point. In this article we highlight the developed methodology and present some selected results.