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Re: [PCN] traffic matrix scenario

Lars Eggert <lars.eggert@nokia.com> Wed, 31 October 2007 08:11 UTC

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From: Lars Eggert <lars.eggert@nokia.com>
Subject: Re: [PCN] traffic matrix scenario
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:11:03 +0200
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On 2007-10-30, at 16:48, ext pcn-bounces@ietf.org wrote:
> We re-iterate that these are very rough estimates. But they strongly
> suggest that there are likely to be significant numbers of aggregates
> with very few flows under nearly all circumstances.

But this only means that there is a *potential* for a problem.

Do you have an estimate on how likely it is that a sufficient number  
of new flows start transmitting over these empty aggregates at  
roughly the same time, such that they together can push the  
bottleneck straight into overload?

Lars
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