Journal of Applied Sciences ›› 2002, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (4): 413-415.

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On the Chaotic Nature of Internet Traffic

ZHANG Jin-gang, LI Hui, XU Pei-xia   

  1. Department of Electronic Engineering and Information Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
  • Received:2001-09-14 Revised:2001-12-18 Online:2002-12-31 Published:2002-12-31

Abstract: The chaotic time series analysis is used to study Internet traffic. Through reconstruction of phase space and calculation of maximum Lyapunov exponent, we find that Internet traffic is chaotic. This establishes the theoretic foundation for analyzing and modeling Internet traffic using chaos theory.

Key words: Internet traffic analysis, phase space reconstruction, chaos, Lyapunov exponent

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