[38607] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Bell Labs' Discovery May Lead to Efficient Networks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen J. Wilcox)
Fri Jun 8 04:20:35 2001
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 09:19:57 +0100 (BST)
From: "Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve@opaltelecom.co.uk>
To: Irwin Lazar <ILazar@tbg.com>
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hmm, unprecedented that.. who'd have thought it huh? ground breaking stuff
jeezus glad they invested the time and energy
On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Irwin Lazar wrote:
>
> FYI: Bell Labs recently conducted an analysis of the nature of Internet
> traffic. Some pretty interesting findings.
>
> http://Networking.ittoolbox.com/browse.asp?c=NetworkingNews&r=/news/dispnews
> .asp?i=44100
>
> Through the use of sophisticated new software programs that analyzed and
> simulated data traffic in "unprecedented detail," Bell Labs researchers
> found that the "burstiness" seen in traffic at the edges of the Internet
> disappears at the core. The discovery that traffic on heavily loaded,
> high-capacity network links is unexpectedly regular may point the way to
> more efficient system and network designs with better performance at lower
> cost, Bell Labs said.
>
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Stephen J. Wilcox
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