Title :
A methodology for designing survivable telephone networks
Author :
McGorman, Robert E.
Author_Institution :
BNR, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
A study is made of the impact of transmission link and switch failures on blocking levels in both long-distance and metropolitan networks. An analytic model is derived to provide an upper bound on the blocking in a failure as a function of the loss of trunking capacity. Extensive simulation studies have been used to validate the model. A process for designing survivable networks is outlined
Keywords :
telephone networks; blocking levels; long-distance; loss; metropolitan; survivable telephone networks; switch failures; transmission link; trunking capacity; upper bound; Circuits; Communication system traffic control; Costs; Design methodology; Failure analysis; Process design; Propagation losses; Switches; Telephony; Upper bound;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1988. ICC '88. Digital Technology - Spanning the Universe. Conference Record., IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1988.13737
