  It is now well known that Internet traffic exhibits self-similarity, which
cannot be described by traditional Markovian models such as the Poisson
process. The causes of self-similarity of network traffic must be identified
because understanding the nature of network traffic is critical in order to
properly design and implement computer networks and network services like the
World Wide Web. While some researchers have argued self similarity is generated
by the typical applications or caused by Transport layer Protocols, it is also
possible that the CSMA/CD protocol may cause or at least contribute to this
phenomenon. In this paper, we use NS simulator to study the effect of CSMA/CD
Exponential Backoff retransmission algorithm on Traffic Self similarity.
