Ermakova N.N., Vodolazkina M.S., Gomazkova L.K., Pasyuk A.O., Arepyeva E.E. Impact of client applications on the transmission of mobile traffic in communication networks

IMPACT OF CLIENT APPLICATIONS ON THE TRANSMISSION
OF MOBILE TRAFFIC IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

Nadezhda N. Ermakova
Assistant Lecturer, Department of Telecommunications Systems,
Volgograd State University
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Prosp. Universitetsky, 100, 400062 Volgograd, Russian Federation

Margarita S. Vodolazkina
Leading Engineer, Department of Power Supply of Industrial Enterprises,
Kamyshinsky Technological Institute, Branch of Volgograd State Technical University
epp@kti.ru
Lenina St, 6A, 403874 Kamyshin, Russian Federation

Lyudmila K. Gomazkova
Assistant Lecturer, Department of Telecommunications Systems,
Volgograd State University
gomazkova.lk@volsu.ru
Prosp. Universitetsky, 100, 400062 Volgograd, Russian Federation

Alexey O. Pasyuk
Senior Lecturer, Department of Telecommunications Systems,
Volgograd State University
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Prosp. Universitetsky, 100, 400062 Volgograd, Russian Federation

Elena E. Arepyeva
Candidate of Sciences (Economics), Associate Professor, Department of Telecommunications Systems,
Volgograd State University
arepeva.elena@volsu.ru
Prosp. Universitetsky, 100, 400062 Volgograd, Russian Federation

Abstract. The efficiency of traffic transmission through wireless communication networks
is currently of considerable interest from a research point of view. This is due to the rapid
growth of Internet resources, the convergence of technologies for transmitting heterogeneous
traffic, the increased mobility of subscribers of communication networks, as well as the growth
in the number of different client applications using mobile data transmission. In this paper, we
investigate the impact of the growth of client applications on the transmission of mobile traffic.
The study shows that the mobile terminal traffic is stable. It is more variable than a random
series, because it consists of frequent reversals, but does not have long-term memory, since
the Hurst index ranges from 0.3 to 0.5. The distribution of intervals between the arrival of
TCP packets is described by the exponent. The distribution of packet lengths for TCP traffic
shows that the bulk of the traffic is carried in long packets (1300–2500 bytes). The immutability
of the statistical characteristics of traffic when installing several client applications in comparison
with the characteristics obtained in previous studies (with a small number of client applications)
indicates the immutability of the quality of service. Therefore, the growth of client applications
does not affect the transmission of mobile traffic.