Reliability modeling and performance evaluation of variable link-capacity networks

Author

Varshney, Pramod K. ; Joshi, Abhay R. ; Chang, Pei-Liang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Syracuse Univ., NY, USA

Volume

43

Issue

3

fYear

1994

fDate

9/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

378

Lastpage

382

Abstract

This paper presents a composite performance index for communication networks with variable link-capacities. This index is based on link reliabilities and multiple-capacity link-states. Source-to-terminal success is the ability to provide connectivity with a certain traffic-carrying capacity. This index is useful for determining the performance of networks with links operating with residual traffic-carrying capacity and gives a good idea of the available resources for a particular s-t connection. An algorithm is given to evaluate the composite performance index

Keywords

computer networks; fault tolerant computing; performance evaluation; performance index; reliability; reliability theory; telecommunication networks; telecommunication traffic; communication networks; composite performance index; computer network; connectivity; multistate link; network reliability; performance evaluation; reliability modeling; telecommunication network; traffic-carrying capacity; variable link-capacity networks; Algebra; Capacity planning; Communication networks; Computer network reliability; Computer networks; Error probability; Optical fiber networks; Performance analysis; Telecommunication network reliability; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Reliability, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9529

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/24.326429

Filename

326429