Heuristic Approaches for Telecommunications Network Management, Planning and Expansion: A Special Issue of the Journal of Heuristics - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0792377982 ISBN 13: 9780792377986

Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000

Synopsis

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.

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Synopsis

The telecommunications industry is experiencing a worldwide explosion of growth as few other industries ever have. However, since the 1990s, the bulk of telecommunications services were delivered by the traditional telephone network, for which design and analysis principles had been under steady development for over three-quarters of a century. In such a near-static environment, attention was given to optimization techniques to squeeze out better profits from existing and limited future investments. Forecasts of network services were developed on a regular planning cycle and networks were optimized accordingly, layer by layer, for cost-effective placement of capacity and efficient utilization. This work is devoted to heuristic approaches for telecommunications network management, planning and expansion. This collection aims to bring to the attention of researchers and practitioners an array of techniques and case studies that meet the stringent "time to market" requirements of this industry and which deserve exposure to a wider audience.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792377982
• ISBN 13: 9780792377986
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 182
• Editor: Doverspike Robert, Saniee Iraj