A Synthetic Workload Model for Internet Mosaic Traffic

Mosaic traac (i.e., WorldWide Web) is the fastest growing component of the aggregate packet and byte traac on the NSFNET backbone. Modeling the work-load characteristics of these mosaic sessions is therefore deemed important in any simulation study of the Inter-net or future high speed networks. The ATM-TN TeleSim project has designed and implemented a synthetic workload model for Internet mosaic traac, to be used as input to a parallel simulator for high speed ATM networks. This paper describes the workload characterization and modeling process for this synthetic workload model, as well as the design, implementation , and validation of this traac model.