Overview of INDT-a new tool for next generation network design

We describe a new integrated network design tool (INDT) being developed in AT&T Bell Labs. This tool includes a variety of network design algorithms that encompass virtually every modern network design scenario. INDT is intended for designing private line networks, switched voice networks, integrated private line and switched voice networks and integrated ATM based multimedia networks. All these versions come in two flavors: (i) a desert start version that designs unconstrained networks assuming no embedded base and (ii) a constrained version that takes the embedded network base as input and produces a constrained optimal network design that allows maximum reuse of the embedded network