Long-Term Power-Law Fluctuation in Internet Traffic

by S. Tadaki arXiv.org E-print Archive, 29 Sep 2006 Scale-free properties of observed Internet packet flow are discussed. The data is obtained by a multi-router traffic grapher system for 9 months. Internet packet flow is analyzed using the detrended fluctuation analysis. By extracting the average daily trend, the data shows clear power-law fluctuations. The exponents of the fluctuation for the incoming and outgoing flow are almost unity. Internet traffic can be understood as a daily periodic flow with power-law fluctuations. Read more