Queueing Theory for Telecommunications Discrete Time Modelling of a Single Node System /

• Main Author: Alfa, Attahiru Sule. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2010.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer Communication Networks.; Computer system performance.; Computer simulation.; Computer Science.; Probability and Statistics in Computer Science.; System Performance and Evaluation.; Models and Principles.; Math Applications in Computer Science.; Simulation and Modeling.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7314-6

Queueing theory applications can be discovered in many walks of life including; transportation, manufacturing, telecommunications, computer systems and more. However, the most prevalent applications of queueing theory are in the telecommunications field. Queueing Theory for Telecommunications: Discr...

Table of Contents:

• 1.0 Introduction
• 1.1 Description and examples of queueing systems
• 1.2 Applications of queueing models to real life problems
• 1.3 Historical development of queueing theory
• 2.0 Discrete time Markov chains (DTMC)
• 2.1 DTMC
• 2.2. Focus on Quasi-birth-and-death processes ( a special class of infinite DTMC)
• 3.0 Concept of a queueing system and characterization
• 3.1 Performance measures
• 3.2 Describing a queueing system and how it is characterized
• 3.3 The key parameters that define a queueing system
• 3.4 Performance measures of interest
• 3.5 Arrival and service processes
• 4. 0 Single Node Queues
• 4.1 Simple single server queue
• 4.2 Multi-server queues
• 4.3 Queues with feedback
• 4.4 Priority queues
• 4.5 Vacation queues
• 4.6 Queues with server breakdowns and repairs
• 4.7 Retrial queues
• 4.8 Queues with impatient customers
• 4.9 Queues with multiple customer types
• 5.0 Aspects of Single Node Queues
• 5.1 Tail behavior of single node queues
• 5.2 Mean-value analysis of queues
• 5.3 Transient analysis of queues
• 5.4 Queues with time-varying parameters
• 6. 0 Tools for analyzing queueing systems
• 6.1 MATLAB
• Index.