Real Time Management of Virtual Paths

• We propose a simple and robust automatic strat- egy for managing SDH/SONET and/or ATM virtual paths in real time to handle slow traffic variations. It consists of on-line measurements of offered traffics followed by the design and possi- ble implementation of a new virtual path network in a repeated cycle. Methods and parameters for traffic measurements and network updating are studied and optimised to achieve maximal traffic carrying capability at minimal cost. Applying our strat- egy to networks subject to partially unknown, variable traffics we discover a considerable adaptivity, large savings in transmis- sion capacity, and a performance far better than achieved by deterministic management.

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Telekommunikation (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Telecommunications (hsv//eng)

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