With the rapid evolution of telecommunication networks, real-time network traffic management is becoming more and more crucial. We propose here a modular system for performing diagnosis at different levels of the network. It is designed as an aid to the operator. We present results of different experiments with a first version of this system which operates at a local level.

The traditional approaches to optimal design and planning of packet-switching networks focus on the network­ layer infrastructure, thus neglecting end-to-end Quality of Service (e2e QoS) issues, and Service Level Agreement (SLA) guarantees. This is quite inappropriate since the Inter­ net today carries a wide range of critical telecommunication services. In this paper, we propose a packet netwo...

Understanding the individual behavior has shown to be of paramount importance to the triumph of the telecommunication operators to retain customers, enhance their purchasing capacity, and predict the churn rate. Different behavior patterns can be observed for different groups of users. Hence, there is an interesting problem posted in telecommunication network that how to define the users’ role ...

The Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) operates with Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) over the air interface. In the literature, the CDMA uplink, e.g. as implemented by the IS-95 standard, receives most attention due to its limiting influence on the overall network capacity in voice only environments. But with the growing demand of the mobile user for multimedia cont...

Growing demand, increasing diversity of services, and advances in transmission and switching technologies are prompting telecommunication companies to rapidly expand and modernize their networks. This paper develops and tests a decomposition methodology to generate cost-effective expansion plans, with performance guarantees, for one major component of the network hierarchy-the local access netw...