Table of Contents
1ScopeofthisRecommendation
2References
3Termsanddefinitions
4Abbreviations
5Introduction
5.1Overviewofnetworkoperation
5.2OutlineofthisRecommendation
6Categoriesofroutingmethods
6.1Fixedroutingmethods
6.2Time-dependentroutingmethods
6.3State-dependentroutingmethods
6.4Event-dependentroutingmethods
7Networkdimensioningelements
8End-to-endGOSobjectives
9Modellingofofferedtraffic
9.1Trafficvariables
9.2Modelsforvariationsintrafficload
10Principlesofnetworkdimensioningmethods
10.1Basiciterativeprocedure
10.2Principleofthefixedpointmodel
10.3Useofimpliedcostandshadowpricefornetwork
dimensioning
11Networkdimensioningmethodsforfixedroutingnetworks
11.1Blockingcalculationmethods
11.2Determinationofdesignvariables
12Networkdimensioningmethodsfortime-dependentrouting
networks
12.1Blockingcalculationmethods
12.2Determinationofdesignvariables
13Networkdimensioningmethodsforstate-dependentrouting
networks
14Networkdimensioningmethodsforevent-dependentrouting
networks
14.1Blockingcalculationmethods
14.2Determinationofdesignvariables
15History
16Bibliography
AnnexANetworkforecastingandnetworkservicingmethods
fordynamicroutingnetworks
A.1Introduction
A.2Forecastingmethodsfortime-dependentrouting
networks
A.3Forecastingmethodsforstate-dependentandevent-
dependentroutingnetworks
A.4Servicingmethods
AnnexBExamplemethodsfortime-dependentroutingnetworks
AnnexCExamplemethodforstate-dependentrouting
networks
C.1Networkmodelconsidered
C.2Blockingprobabilitiesevaluation
C.3Dimensioning
C.4Extensiontoevent-dependentroutingnetworks
AnnexDExamplemethodforevent-dependentroutingnetworks
D.1Networkmodelconsidered
D.2Impliedcostsmethod
D.3Multi-hournetworkdimensioningusingshadowprices Abstract
Includes the network dimensioning guidelines for circuit-switched networks using end-to-end GOS objectives. The dimensioning methods for fixed traffic routing, time-dependent traffic routing, state- and event-dependent traffic routing are covered.