| 摘要 |
PURPOSE: A method and apparatus for designing IP networks with substantially improved performance as compared to existing IP networks is provided to compute worst-case and optimistic link capacity requirements, optimize network topology, and determine router placement within a network. CONSTITUTION: An IP network design system(10) includes several interconnected functional processors, namely,a routing processor(12) a worst-case link capacity requirements processor(14), operatively coupled to the routing processor (12), an optimistic link capacity design processor(16), operatively coupled to the worst-case link capacity requirements processor(14), a network topology optimization processor(18), operatively coupled to the worst-case link capacity requirements processor(14), and a router replacement processor(20), operatively coupled to the optimistic link capacity design processor(16). It is to be appreciated that the functional processors(12-20) are implemented via respective dedicated processing devices or collectively via one or more processing devices.
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