@article{dd433f9ea57d475abedec0974ff9568a,
title = "Analysis of Erlangian network services",
abstract = "This paper presents two equivalent analytical models to study the performance of finite queuing systems with Erlangian network services. Erlangian services are commonly seen in the processing of received network packets by many network servers. Our models allow us to derive equations for key features and performance measures of engineering and design significance. These features and measures include throughput, packet loss, packet delay, and server CPU availability. Numerical examples are given to study the performance while varying the number of service stages and the size of finite buffer. Discrete-event simulation has been used to verify the proposed analytical models.",
keywords = "Computer performance, Modeling and analysis, Network services, Queueing systems",
author = "K. Salah",
note = "Funding Information: The author would like to thank the editor and the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and feedback which enhanced the quality of this paper significantly. Khaled Salah is an Associate Professor in the ECE Department at Khalifa University of Science, Technology, and Research (KUSTAR), UAE. He received the B.S. degree in Computer Engineering with a minor in Computer Science from Iowa State University, USA, in 1990, the M.S. degree in Computer Systems Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, USA, in 1994, and the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the same institution in 2000. He is an Editorial Board member of a number of prestigious international journals IET Communications, IET Networks, Elsevier's JNCA, Wiley's Security SCN, Wiley's IJNM, and J.UCS. His primary research interest is in performance modeling and simulation of computer systems and networks. He was the recipient of KFUPM University Excellence in Research Award of 2008/09, the recipient of KFUPM Best Research Project Award of 2009/10, and also the recipient of the departmental awards for Distinguished Research and Teaching in prior years. ",
year = "2014",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1016/j.aeue.2014.01.006",
language = "British English",
volume = "68",
pages = "623--630",
journal = "AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications",
issn = "1434-8411",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media B.V.",
number = "7",
}