Enterprise network control and management: Traffic flow models

The exponential growth and dramatic increase in demand for network bandwidth is expanding the market for broadband satellite networks. It is critical to rapidly deliver ubiquitous satellite communication networks that are differentiated by lower cost and increased Quality of Service (QoS). There is a need to develop new network architectures, control and management systems to meet the future commercial and military traffic requirements, services and applications. The next generation communication networks must support legacy and emerging network traffic while providing user negotiated levels of QoS. Network resources control algorithms must be designed to provide the guaranteed performance levels for voice, video and data having different service requirements. To evaluate network architectures and performance, it is essential to understand the network traffic characteristics.