  The knowledge about the true nature of the traffic in computer networking is
a key requirement in the design of such networks. The phenomenon of
self-similarity is a characteristic of the traffic of current client/server
packet networks in LAN/WAN environments dominated by network technologies such
as Ethernet and the TCP/IP protocol stack. The development of networks traffic
simulators, which take into account this attribute, is necessary for a more
realistic description the traffic on these networks and their use in the design
of resources (contention elements) and protocols of flow control and network
congestion. In this scenario it is recommended do not adopt standard traffic
models of the Poisson type.
