Packet-switching communication network and method of design
US5381404A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 12, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 12, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/142
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A communication network and method of design thereof uses end-to-end delay distribution functions and loss probabilities as design constraint to ensure that all packets of all traffic classes on all end-to-end node pairs of the network reach a destination within a predetermined maximum allowable delay with a given probability. An end-to-end delay distribution function is determined for every end-to-end path for all traffic classes to find a path with a minimum distribution probability value. A distribution function is determined for each link of the path having a minimum distribution probability value to determine a most congested link, the capacity of which is increased until a given minimum probability value of distribution is determined.
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