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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2002
Mariachiara Bossi, Turin, IT;
Andrea Allasia, Turin, IT;
Luigi Giuseppe Varetto, Turin, IT;
Roberto Rita, Rome, IT;
Mariachiara Bossi, Turin, IT;
Andrea Allasia, Turin, IT;
Luigi Giuseppe Varetto, Turin, IT;
Roberto Rita, Rome, IT;
Telecom Italia S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Abstract
A method of designing a transport network having a plurality of network elements and a plurality of connections between the network elements by (a) defining a first network configuration and at least one alternative network configuration for the same transport network; (b) calculating for each network configuration, a probability function representing, for each maximum number of routable flows, the probability of routing such a number of flows in the network configuration currently considered; (c) calculating for each network configuration, a unit-cost-per-flow function calculated as the ratio between a sum of the costs relative to the network elements of the network configuration currently considered and the probability function; and (d) comparing the unit-cost-per-flow functions of the network configurations considered, for choosing a network configuration having a lowest unit-cost-per-flow value.