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A systematic approach to network planning

, and . Teletraffic Engineering in the Internet EraProceedings of the International Teletraffic Congress - ITC-I7, volume 4 of Teletraffic Science and Engineering, Elsevier, (2001)
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1388-3437(01)80155-4

Abstract

The paper introduces a reference model for network planning activities. The planning process is conceptualised in terms of a trajectory—a sequence of elementary network planning problems-which traverses a three dimensional “planning space”. The “dimensions” of the space pertain to the time horizon of planning, to the type of network resources being planned (to a layered architecture of network resources) and to a set of generic network planning tasks. The model has been successfully exploited by the authors in real-world network planning projects, in the implementation of a comprehensive network planning software and also in academic courses.

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