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Performance Analysis of Priority Queueing Systems in Discrete Time

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Network Performance Engineering

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The integration of different types of traffic in packet-based networks spawns the need for traffic differentiation. In this tutorial paper, we present some analytical techniques to tackle discrete-time queueing systems with priority scheduling. We investigate both preemptive (resume and repeat) and non-preemptive priority scheduling disciplines. Two classes of traffic are considered, high-priority and low-priority traffic, which both generate variable-length packets. A probability generating functions approach leads to performance measures such as moments of system contents and packet delays of both classes.

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    Joris Walraevens, Dieter Fiems & Herwig Bruneel

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Walraevens, J., Fiems, D., Bruneel, H. (2011). Performance Analysis of Priority Queueing Systems in Discrete Time. In: Kouvatsos, D.D. (eds) Network Performance Engineering. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5233. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02742-0_10

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