On buffers with periodical input traffic (Q1060785)

The paper considers an infinite discrete-time buffer system with one single output channel. Unlike most analyses of such a buffer system, the present study uses a 'dynamic' model for the arrival process of data units into the system. More specifically, the distribution of the number of arrivals per discrete time-unit is allowed to fluctuate in time, in a periodical fashion, whereas in classical models this distribution remains the same, as time goes by. The probability generating function of the number of data units in the buffer, at various time instants, is derived under such dynamic arrival conditions. An extended illustrating example, comparing 'static' and 'dynamic' arrival models, concludes the paper.