By Michael Borella — Self-similarity is a characteristic found in many physical, natural, and human-made systems. In short, it describes a class of structures or behaviors that are at least partially-invariant to time or scale. Thus, these structures or behaviors appear similar in various mathematical ways whether viewed in small or large samples. A well-known class of self-similar objects are fractals, but self-similarity is a broader concept and can be found in clouds, waves, certain types of plants, snowflakes, coastlines, and Internet traffic and latency measurements, as well as numerous other areas. Shure’s U.S. Patent No. 9,565,493 describes various types…
