[
D.J. Jefferies 
, J.H.B. Deane
and
C. Smythe
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering,
University
of Surrey,
Guildford GU2 5XH,
United Kingdom
Department of Computer Science,
University of
Sheffield,
Regent Court, Sheffield S1 4DP,
United Kingdom
]
see also a long range order paper.
and a Chaos in data networks paper.
Abstract. Why is traffic flow on data networks sometimes self-similar? We make a simple deterministic model of data transfer between remote sites. We show that waveforms which describe the network behaviour are aperiodic, despite the deterministic nature of our system, and also often self-similar, with a Hurst parameter close to unity.