Router placement methods and apparatus for designing ip networks with performance guarantees
CA 2289959 A1 · Owner: Lucent Technologies Inc. · Inventors: Mittal, Ajay Kumar; Lau, Wing Cheong; Benmohamed, Lotfi
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Methods and apparatus are provided for designing IP networks with substantially, improved performance as compared to existing IP networks such as for example, those, networks designed under best-effort criteria. Particularly the invention , includes methods, and apparatus for: computing worst-case and optimistic link capacity requirements;, optimizing network topology; and determining router placement within a network.
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- Filed November 17, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 17, 2019.
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