The Fractal Internet: Traffic analysis, simulation, estimation and controlLong range dependent (LRD), self similar, chaotic behaviour has been found to be present in internet traffic by many researchers. It is especially important to understand the link between self similarity and long range dependence of network traffic and performance of the networks because such characterisation can be potentially applied for control purposes such as traffic shaping, load balancing, etc. Long Range Dependence (LRD) is of great