Traffic engineering supported by Inherent Network Management: Analysis of resource efficiency and cost saving potential

International Journal of Network Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-64

  Haßlinger, Gerhard ^a   Nunzi, Giorgio ^b   Meirosu, Catalin ^c   Fan, Changpeng ^d   Andersen, Frank Uwe ^e  

^a DEUTSCHE TELEKOM LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^b NEC LABORATORIES EUROPE   (Germany)

^c ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^d NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS   (Germany)

^e SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MONITORING; BROAD-BAND ACCESS NETWORKS; BUSINESS ASPECTS; CAPITAL EXPENDITURES; CORE NETWORKS; COST EFFICIENCY; COST SAVING POTENTIALS; FAILURE RESPONSE; FUTURE INTERNET; INTENSIVE RESEARCH; INTERNET TRAFFIC; LOAD-BALANCING; MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS; MESH TOPOLOGIES; MOBILE NETWORKS; NETWORK RESOURCE; NETWORKING ENVIRONMENT; OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES; PATH DESIGN; PLANNING PROCEDURE; REDUCED ENERGY; RESOURCE EFFICIENCIES; SELF ORGANIZING; TRAFFIC ENGINEERING; TRANSMISSION CAPACITIES; USER DEMANDS;

BROADBAND NETWORKS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INTERNET;

NETWORK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79251606967     PISSN: 10557148     EISSN: 10991190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nem.770     Document Type: Article

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