System and method for optimal virtual path capacity dimensioning

Details System and method for optimal virtual path capacity dimensioning System and method for optimal virtual path capacity dimensioning

1995-08-11

1999-02-16

Bowler, Alyssa H.

39520051, 39520052, 395437, G06F 1130

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ABSTRACT:
A general dimensioning method and system for allocating limited transmission resources to various virtual paths defined on top of a physical network. A two-level hierarchical structure is defined with a layer of one or more virtual paths on top of a layer of physical network elements. Traffic demand is specified for each virtual path and the Entropy Rate Function is used as a blocking measure. The loads on the various links are balanced by equalizing blocking probabilities and the optimal allocation of network physical resources is determined.

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