Identifying Design

Requirement

Applying a Methodology to
Network Design

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 Benefits of the Life-Cycle Approach

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 Design Methodology Under PPDIOO
Three Steps in the design methodology
1.Identify the customers requirements
2.Characterize the existing network and sites
3.Design the topology and network solution

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 Identifying Customer Requirement

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 Identifying Planned Applications

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 Example: Planned Applications

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 Identifying Planned Infrastructure
Services

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 Example: Planned Infrastructure Service

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 Identifying Organizational Goals

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 Example: Organizational Goals

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 Assessing Organizational Constrains

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 Example: Organizational Constraints

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 Identifying Technical Goals

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 Example: Technical Goals

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 Example: Technical Constrains

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 Summary

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