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Teletraffic engineering

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Telecommunications traffic engineering, teletraffic engineering, or traffic engineering is the application of traffic engineering theory to telecommunications. [1]

43 relations: Agner Krarup Erlang, Asynchronous transfer mode, Broadband networks, Busy-hour call attempts, Call centre, Cellular traffic, Circuit switching, Engset formula, Erlang (unit), Flow control, General Agreement on Trade in Services, Grade of service, Internet, Law of large numbers, Limited availability, Long-tail traffic, Markov property, Mobile QoS, Network performance, Network planning and design, Network traffic simulation, Packet switching, Poisson point process, Public switched telephone network, Quality of service, Queueing theory, Routing, Routing in the PSTN, RSVP-TE, Signalling System No. 7, Statistics, Telecommunication, Telecommunications forecasting, Telecommunications tariff, Telephone network, Time-division multiplexing, Trade in services, Traffic contract, Traffic generation model, Traffic measurement (telecommunications), Traffic mix, Traffic shaping, Trunking.

Agner Krarup Erlang

Agner Krarup Erlang (1 January 1878 – 3 February 1929) was a Danish mathematician, statistician and engineer, who invented the fields of traffic engineering and queueing theory.

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Asynchronous transfer mode

Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) is, according to the ATM Forum, "a telecommunications concept defined by ANSI and ITU (formerly CCITT) standards for carriage of a complete range of user traffic, including voice, data, and video signals".

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Broadband networks

The ideal telecommunication network has the following characteristics: broadband, multi-media, multi-point, multi-rate and economical implementation for a diversity of services (multi-services).

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Busy-hour call attempts

In telecommunications, busy-hour call attempts (BHCA) is a teletraffic engineering measurement used to evaluate and plan capacity for telephone networks.

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Call centre

A call centre or call center is a centralised office used for receiving or transmitting a large volume of requests by telephone.

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Cellular traffic

This article discusses the mobile cellular network aspect of teletraffic measurements.

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Circuit switching

Circuit switching is a method of implementing a telecommunications network in which two network nodes establish a dedicated communications channel (circuit) through the network before the nodes may communicate.

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Engset formula

In queueing theory, the Engset formula is used to determine the blocking probability of an M/M/c/c/N queue (in Kendall's notation).

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Erlang (unit)

The erlang (symbol E) is a dimensionless unit that is used in telephony as a measure of offered load or carried load on service-providing elements such as telephone circuits or telephone switching equipment.

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Flow control

Flow control may refer to.

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General Agreement on Trade in Services

The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) is a treaty of the World Trade Organization (WTO) that entered into force in January 1995 as a result of the Uruguay Round negotiations.

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Grade of service

In telecommunication engineering, and in particular teletraffic engineering, the quality of voice service is specified by two measures: the grade of service (GoS) and the quality of service (QoS).

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Internet

The Internet is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link devices worldwide.

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Law of large numbers

In probability theory, the law of large numbers (LLN) is a theorem that describes the result of performing the same experiment a large number of times.

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Limited availability

When customers of a public switched telephone network make telephone calls, they utilize a telecommunications network called a switched-circuit network.

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Long-tail traffic

A long-tailed or heavy-tailed probability distribution is one that assigns relatively high probabilities to regions far from the mean or median.

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Markov property

In probability theory and statistics, the term Markov property refers to the memoryless property of a stochastic process.

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Mobile QoS

Quality of service (QoS) mechanism controls the performance, reliability and usability of a telecommunications service.

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Network performance

Network performance refers to measures of service quality of a network as seen by the customer.

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Network planning and design

Network planning and design is an iterative process, encompassing topological design, network-synthesis, and network-realization, and is aimed at ensuring that a new telecommunications network or service meets the needs of the subscriber and operator.

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Network traffic simulation

Network traffic simulation is a process used in telecommunications engineering to measure the efficiency of a communications network.

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Packet switching

Packet switching is a method of grouping data which is transmitted over a digital network into packets which are made of a header and a payload.

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Poisson point process

In probability, statistics and related fields, a Poisson point process or Poisson process (also called a Poisson random measure, Poisson random point field or Poisson point field) is a type of random mathematical object that consists of points randomly located on a mathematical space.

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Public switched telephone network

The public switched telephone network (PSTN) is the aggregate of the world's circuit-switched telephone networks that are operated by national, regional, or local telephony operators, providing infrastructure and services for public telecommunication.

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Quality of service

Quality of service (QoS) is the description or measurement of the overall performance of a service, such as a telephony or computer network or a cloud computing service, particularly the performance seen by the users of the network.

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Queueing theory

Queueing theory is the mathematical study of waiting lines, or queues.

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Routing

Routing is the process of selecting a path for traffic in a network, or between or across multiple networks.

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Routing in the PSTN

Routing in the PSTN is the process used to route telephone calls across the public switched telephone network.

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RSVP-TE

Resource Reservation Protocol - Traffic Engineering is an extension of the Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) for traffic engineering.

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Signalling System No. 7

Signaling System No.

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Statistics

Statistics is a branch of mathematics dealing with the collection, analysis, interpretation, presentation, and organization of data.

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Telecommunication

Telecommunication is the transmission of signs, signals, messages, words, writings, images and sounds or information of any nature by wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic systems.

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Telecommunications forecasting

All telecommunications service providers perform forecasting calculations to assist them in planning their networks.

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Telecommunications tariff

A telecommunications tariff is an open contract between a telecommunications service provider and the public, filed with a regulating body such as state and municipal Public Utilities Commissions and federal entities such as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

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Telephone network

A telephone network is a telecommunications network used for telephone calls between two or more parties.

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Time-division multiplexing

Time-division multiplexing (TDM) is a method of transmitting and receiving independent signals over a common signal path by means of synchronized switches at each end of the transmission line so that each signal appears on the line only a fraction of time in an alternating pattern.

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Trade in services

Trade in Services refers to the sale and delivery of an intangible product, called a service, between a producer and consumer.

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Traffic contract

If a service (or application) wishes to use a broadband network (an ATM network in particular) to transport a particular kind of traffic, it must first inform the network about what kind of traffic is to be transported, and the performance requirements of that traffic.

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Traffic generation model

A traffic generation model is a stochastic model of the traffic flows or data sources in a communication network, for example a cellular network or a computer network.

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Traffic measurement (telecommunications)

Measurement of traffic within a network allows network managers and analysts to both make day-to-day decisions about operations and to plan for long-term developments.

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Traffic mix

Traffic mix is a traffic model in telecommunication engineering and teletraffic theory.

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Traffic shaping

Traffic shaping is a bandwidth management technique used on computer networks which delays some or all datagrams to bring them into compliance with a desired traffic profile.

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Trunking

In telecommunications, trunking is a method for a system to provide network access to many clients by sharing a set of lines or frequencies instead of providing them individually.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletraffic_engineering

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