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Geometric Ergodicity of the ALOHA-system and a Coupled Processors Model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2009

F. M. Spieksma
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Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Niels Bohrweg 1 University of Leiden, 2333CA Leiden, The Netherlands

Abstract

μ-Geometric ergodicity of two-dimensional versions of the ALOHA and coupled processors models is verified by checking μ-geometric recurrence. Ergodicity and convergence of the Laplace-Stieltjes transforms in a neighborhood of 0 are necessary and sufficient conditions for the first model. The second model is exponential, for which ergodicity suffices to establish the required results.

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