## The Annals of Applied Probability

### Sample-path large deviations for tandem and priority queues with Gaussian inputs

#### Abstract

This paper considers Gaussian flows multiplexed in a queueing network. A single node being a useful but often incomplete setting, we examine more advanced models. We focus on a (two-node) tandem queue, fed by a large number of Gaussian inputs. With service rates and buffer sizes at both nodes scaled appropriately, Schilder’s sample-path large-deviations theorem can be applied to calculate the asymptotics of the overflow probability of the second queue. More specifically, we derive a lower bound on the exponential decay rate of this overflow probability and present an explicit condition for the lower bound to match the exact decay rate. Examples show that this condition holds for a broad range of frequently used Gaussian inputs. The last part of the paper concentrates on a model for a single node, equipped with a priority scheduling policy. We show that the analysis of the tandem queue directly carries over to this priority queueing system.

#### Article information

Source
Ann. Appl. Probab., Volume 15, Number 2 (2005), 1193-1226.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 3 May 2005

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aoap/1115137973

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1214/105051605000000133

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2134102

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1069.60079

Subjects
Secondary: 60F10: Large deviations 60G15: Gaussian processes

#### Citation

Mandjes, Michel; van Uitert, Miranda. Sample-path large deviations for tandem and priority queues with Gaussian inputs. Ann. Appl. Probab. 15 (2005), no. 2, 1193--1226. doi:10.1214/105051605000000133. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aoap/1115137973

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