Network Design: Management and Technical Perspectives - Hardcover

Piliouras, Teresa C.; Terplan, Kornel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0849334047 ISBN 13: 9780849334047

Publisher: CRC Press, 1998

Synopsis

Network Design outlines the fundamental principles and analytical techniques used in designing data networks. The text enables future managers and technical professionals to better understand and appreciate each other's perspective in the network design process.
Network managers will need a sound grounding in basic design principles to effectively manage, plan, and assess the plethora of new technologies and equipment available for designing networks. They also must understand how requirements should be formulated and specified for design engineers. Similarly, network designers and engineers need a sound grounding in basic management principles to fully understand how organizational requirements best reflect design recommendations.
Network Design enables network management and design professionals to work together toward achieving their respective goals in the network design process. It outlines basic techniques; reviews major challenges and issues; summarizes prevailing approaches and technologies; describes the specification, design, and planning data network topologies; and assesses specification and evaluation processes in designing and implementing data networks.
This excellent, unique resource also :

Emphasizes principles and analytical approaches that work independent of specific implementation of technology

Includes case studies to illustrate how basic principles can be applied to realistic network design problems, considering both technical and management considerations

Demystifies the design process, describing the lingua franca of both managers and design engineers in common terms

Provides a better understanding of the total network design process

About this title

Synopsis

This book serves as a new reference on data network design, satisfying the needs of managers and designers in understanding each others perspective in the network design process. It introduces managers and technical professionals in the telecommunications field to the fundamental principles and analytical techniques used in designing data networks. Covers LAN and WAN network design. Emphasizes basic network design principles and analytical approaches - independent of specific implementation of technology. Presents effective tools for communication between managers and designers. Provides practical advice on applying sound design principles within a realistic design scenario - considering organisational, budgetary, and political factors.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0849334047
• ISBN 13: 9780849334047
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416