Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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977218 | Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications | 2006 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
The traffic in telephone networks is analyzed in this paper. Unlike the classical traffic analysis where call blockings are due to the limited channel capacity, we consider here a more realistic cause for call blockings which is due to the way in which users are networked in a real-life human society. Furthermore, two kinds of user network, namely, the fully connected user network and the scale-free network, are employed to model the way in which telephone users are connected. We show that the blocking probability is generally higher in the case of the scale-free user network, and that the carried traffic intensity is practically limited not only by the network capacity but also by the property of the user network.
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Authors
Yongxiang Xia, Chi K. Tse, Francis C.M. Lau, Wai Man Tam, Michael Small,