Heuristic Approaches for Telecommunications Network Management, Planning and Expansion

A Special Issue of the Journal of Heuristics
<em>Nachdrucked from JOURNAL OF HEURISTICS, 6:1 </em> 2000
ISBN: 978-0-7923-7798-6
Verlag: Springer US

Buch, Englisch, 178 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 445 g

Telecommunications will face a tremendous challenge in the coming years to be able to design, architect, and manage networks in such a rapidly evolving industry. Develop­ ment and application of heuristic methods will be fundamental to our ability to meet this challenge. Robert Doverspike, AT&T Labs Research Iraj Saniee, Bell-Labs, Lucent Technologies June PI, 1999 3 '' Journal of Heuristics, 6, 9-20 (2000) •"'Il © 2000 Kluwer Academic Publishers Telecommunications Network Case Study: Selecting a Data Network Architecture ERIC ROSENBERG AT&T Labs, Middletown, NJ 07748, USA email: eric. rosenberg@att. com Abstract This paper documents a model that was pivotal in deciding which of two architectures should be selected for a frame relay data communications network. The choices are either to continue using the current architecture, or to make a large incremental investment in new equipment which reduces the number of high speed inter-office trunks required to interconnect the switches. The analysis requires optimizing the mix of two types of customer port cards to determine the maximum customer port capacity of a switch. Simple approximations are used to estimate the number of inter-office trunks and trunk cards required. Based in large part on the costs computed by this model, an executive level decision was made to move to the new architecture. Key Words: data communications, network architecture, network design, frame relay, virtual circuits, economic analysis 1. Introduction To design a data communications network, it is necessary to consider a variety of factors.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Saniee, Iraj

Doverspike, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Business Application Unternehmenssoftware SAP
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Netzwerk-Hardware
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmenskommunikation
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Externe Speicher & Peripheriegeräte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsmathematik und -statistik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Telekommunikationswirtschaft, Post
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsinformatik, SAP, IT-Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Ökonometrie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Computerkommunikation & -vernetzung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Telecommunications Network Case Study: Selecting a Data Network Architecture.- ATM Routing Algorithms for Multimedia Traffic in Private ATM Networks.- Fast, Efficient Equipment Placement Heuristics for Broadband Switched or Internet Router Networks.- Virtual Path Design in Service-Specific ATM Networks.- Design of Stacked Self-Healing Rings Using a Genetic Algorithm.- A Zoom-In Approach to Design SDH Mesh Restorable Networks.- Heuristics for Distribution Network Design in Telecommunication.- LP-Based Heuristic Algorithms for Interconnecting Token Rings via Source Routing Bridges.- Detecting and Preventing Routing Problems in the Planning Process of CCSS#7 Networks.