Cost optimization methods in the design of next generation networks

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 118-122

  Sigurdsson, Halldor Matthias ^a   Thorsteinsson, Saemundur E ^b   Stidsen, Thomas K ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; TELEPHONE EXCHANGES;

MEDIA GATEWAY; PACKET BASED NEXT GENERATION NETWORK; PUBLIC SWITCHED TELEPHONE NETWORK; TELEPHONY SERVER;

PACKET NETWORKS;

EID: 4644318733     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2004.1336727     Document Type: Article

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