An Integrated Approach for Telecommunication Networks Planning
16 October 1989
An optimal plan for a toll telecommunication network is obtained through an integrated and comprehensive planning scheme. The algorithm develops a set of network topology alternatives which are evaluated through an iterative and inter-active process of toll trunking, toll switching and toll transmission planning. The algorithm selects, among many feasible network plans, one plan that is optimum over a given planning horizon. A high level presentation of the methodology of the algorithm will be given and numerical results of applying the algorithm to a national toll communication network will be shown.