The Gilbert-Elliott Model for Packet Loss in Real Time Services on the Internet

Abstract

Abstract. The estimation of quality for real time services over telecommunication networks requires realistic models in order to generate impairments and failures during transmission. Starting with the classical Gilbert-Elliot model, we derive the second order statistics over arbitrary time scales and fit the parameters to match the packet loss pattern of traffic traces. The results show that simple Markov models are appropriate to capture the observed loss pattern.