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Clearly, the autocorrelation curves plotted in Figure 6.10 demonstrate the presence of LRD in
this trafc time series due to the fact that the autocorrelation curves do not vanish even for large lag
and the curve decay rate of this statistical dependence is considerably slower than an exponential
decaying rate.
6.4 TRAFFIC CHARACTERIZATION
6.4.1 single-sourCe TraffiC
Single-source trafc may be interpreted as data ow that occurs exclusively between two network
users. More precisely, it consists of data owing from a unique source to a determined destination.
This type of transmissi ...