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thomas49th
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Homework Statement
Consider a network of n queues with a Poisson arrival process of
parameter t from outside the network, and independent exponentially
distributed service times of parameters r1 to rn.
Customer that first arrived to the network initially join queue i with
probability Pi (obviously there probabilities sum to one)
A customer completeing its service at queue i will head to queue j
with probability Pij, or will leave the network with probability [tex]P_{i, n+1} [/tex]
Let K(t) denote the queue length vector for each of the queues at time
t, and let l = (k_{1},...,k_{2}), k1 to kn is >= 0
be a particular value of this vector
Obtain p(k) = lim(t->inf) p(k,t) where p(k,t) = Prob[K(t) = k] in
terms of the parameters previously defined, and prove your result in
full detail
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
So I immediately tell that we are talking about the network going into a steady state.
To begin solving it I considered the small time interval delta t, where 1 packet may arrive, 0 arrive or many may arrive for each node. Each event has a probability. When we work through the maths it is possible to subtract from both sides of the equation
Ultimately I express [tex] \frac{d}{dt}p(k,t) = [/tex] product of sums for events
(i.e data arriving at node i * probability no data arriving at node i)
In steady state the rate of change will be 0, therefore [tex] \frac{d}{dt}p(k,t) = 0 [/tex].
This is where I am stuck. Now what do I do? I know from other reading that the result will be p(k) = product form where the nodes behave independently of one another (a powerful result). But how do I find p(k) from [tex] \frac{d}{dt}p(k,t) [/tex] to get p(k). I don't think I can just integrate, nor do I solve a differential equation. What should I do from here?
Thanks