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Method and apparatus for planning an ATM network for an area of concentrated demand for transport bandwidth

  • US 6,151,305 A
  • Filed: 11/14/1997
  • Issued: 11/21/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/14/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of planning an ATM network for an area of concentrated demand for bandwidth, comprising:

  • configuring homes in the network into a star topology having a single hub; and

    linking together with direct links all pairs of homes having at least a predefined minimum of inter-nodal traffic, wherein the type of link used for links in the network is governed by two constraints, namely;

    a) a threshold for upgrading link-type k is Δ

    k;

    andb) at most two consecutive link types can be used to dimension a trunk.

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