Table of Contents
FOREWORD
1Introduction
2Evolutionofnetworkdimensioningmethods
2.1Telephonetrafficmodelling
2.2ImpactofISDNcircuitswitchedmode
2.3EvolutionofISDNdimensioning
3Multi-slotconnections
3.1Completelypartitionedcircuitgroups
3.2Sharedcircuitgroups
3.3Pathchoicerestrictions
4Serviceprotectionmethods
4.1Availablemethods
4.2Evaluationanddimensioning
4.2.1Circuitreservation
4.2.2Virtualcircuits
4.3Performancecharacteristics
5Attributenegotiation
5.1Connectioncharacteristicsaffectingthechoiceof
circuitgroup
5.2Connectioncharacteristicsaffectingtherequirednumber
ofcircuits
6Servicereservation
6.1Dedicatedresourcesandnonegotiation
6.2Resourcessharedwithondemandservices(intheno
negotiationcase)
6.3Parameternegotiation
7Multipointconnections
References
ANNEXA-Alphabeticallistofabbreviationsusedinthis
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