WAN Network Design I

WAN Network Design
•Design Variables • Network Topology (possibly facility location as well)
• Channel Capacity • Routing Policy
•Performance Metrics depends on network application and layer • Circuit Switched Network
•Call Blocking, Availability
• Packet network • Delay
• Delay Jitter • Throughput • Packet Loss
Basic WAN Network Design
• Minimize total cost • Subject to Constraints … for example
– Link capacity must exceed some min, and be less than some max – Average Packet Delay must be