Causal and anticipative models for the dimensioning of 3G multiservice networks

We study mathematical models and discuss optimization algorithms for the dimensioning of 3G multimedia networks. We propose two models which aims at dimensioning networks with both a radio and a core component. The first one is an anticipative one in which we assume that we know a priori the traffic over the planning period and the dimensioning is defined with a best possible call admission control procedure. The second one is a causal one in which we define an explicit call admission control procedure which makes the accept/reject decisions without any knowledge on the forthcoming traffic. We then compare, on an experimental basis, the dimensioning obtained by both models on some multi-service networks.