Title :
NETPLAN-a telecommunications network planning support system
Author :
Chew, Tze-Shing ; Lai, Edmund M-K
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
Abstract :
A software system, NETPLAN, for supporting telecommunications network planning has been developed. It is implemented using Prolog with a user-friendly graphical interface based on X Windows and Motif. The three basic activities of network planning (routing design, one-way and both-way junction circuit design, and signaling network design for circuit-switched networks) are fully supported. The dimensioning of the junction circuits is optimized by considering noncoincidental busy hour traffic characteristics of the various routes using the 24-hour traffic profile. The object-oriented approach adopted by NETPLAN eliminates the need for defining traffic and routing matrices as required by conventional approaches. The usefulness of the system is illustrated by its application to the planning of a network with ten switching nodes and twenty interconnected links
Keywords :
graphical user interfaces; object-oriented programming; switching networks; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; telecommunications computing; 24-hour traffic profile; Motif; NETPLAN; Prolog; X Windows; circuit dimensioning optimization; circuit-switched networks; interconnected links; junction circuit design; noncoincidental busy hour traffic characteristics; object-oriented approach; routing design; signaling network design; switching nodes; telecommunications network planning support system; user-friendly graphical interface; Algorithm design and analysis; Artificial intelligence; Circuits; ISDN; Intelligent networks; Process planning; Routing; Signal design; Telecommunication switching; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
TENCON '92. ''Technology Enabling Tomorrow : Computers, Communications and Automation towards the 21st Century.' 1992 IEEE Region 10 International Conference.
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, Vic.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0849-2
DOI :
10.1109/TENCON.1992.271855
