Devising NREN design goals from commercial network design guidelines

Abstract

To design a network as big as SANReN network design goals need to be determined. The network design process is an iterative one that follows a top-down approach. The network design lifecycle is a continuous process that seeks improvement of the network design so that it better addresses business needs and goals. This paper provides an overview of the network design goals model that provides a process for determining network design goals for an NREN. The model is instantiated in the SANReN environment. The network design goals may be slightly different to a commercial service provider but the process for determining network design goals for a commercial service provider can be adapted for SANReN.