Effects of Channel Interchange and Route Splitting on Ring Loading Efficiency
Journal of Network and Systems Management
Combinatorial design of multi-ring networks with combined routing and flow control
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
Cost-Efficient Design of Future Broadband Fixed Wireless Access Systems
Wireless Personal Communications: An International Journal
A Load-Balancing Spare Capacity Reallocation Approach in Service-Rich SONET Metro Mesh Networks
BROADNETS '04 Proceedings of the First International Conference on Broadband Networks
Guided local search as a network planning algorithm that incorporates uncertain traffic demands
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
A load-balancing spare capacity reallocation approach in the next-generation SONET metro networks
Optical Switching and Networking
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The rapid pace of technology introduction in the network infrastructure and services offered on this infrastructure are creating new challenges for telecommunication product and network planners. In particular, a multitude of choices, the unpredictability of future technologies and traffic, the need to operate heterogeneous networks, and the speed of change create a need for a set of tools which allow quantitative evaluation of alternatives quickly in early phases of decision making while allowing the same tools to migrate to more elaborate deployment help during the later stages. We have begun an effort to create such a set of tools under the umbrella of integrated network design tools (INDT). In this article, we describe key challenges and approaches used in INDT to meet these challenges. We also discuss the algorithmic and software architecture of INDT, and illustrate its use via examples from transport infrastructure evolution. Finally, we describe the migration path of INDT to move from early decision help to later deployment support tools. Specific topics discussed include: plesiosynchronous digital hierarchy, SONET/SDH systems, ATM, network topologies, traffic types and routing