Transient and Stationary Distributions for Fluid Queues and Input Processes with a Density

Abstract

Transient and stationary distributions of queue content for fluid queues whose continuous input process has a density with respect to time are studied. Results are obtained via a method primarily introduced by Benes, when considering input processes increasing by jumps at random times. The general formulas are applied to the queue where the input density varies as a stationary Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process. Such fluid queue models are useful in the field of telecommunications for dimensioning studies of packet multiplexers which are offered a superposition of variable bit rate video sources.