Statistical delay analysis on an ATM switch with self-similar input traffic

ATM networks being a connection-oriented technology are providing service for real-time communication. Before two hosts can communicate, a connection has to be established between them. After a connection is established, messages are divided into fixed size packets called cells and are being sent from a source host to a destination host. Real-time communication service requires the underlying network to provide performance guarantees for the on-time delivery of cells. There are two types of performance guarantees: deterministic and statistical guarantees. While a deterministic guarantee provides an absolute bound on the worst case cell delay, a statistical guarantee provides a probabilistic bound on the worst case cell delay. This statistical guarantee is more suitable than the