期刊名称：Vojnotehnicki glasnik / Military Technical Courier
印刷版ISSN：0042-8469
电子版ISSN：2217-4753
出版年度：2011
卷号：59
期号：1
页码：96-110
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出版社：Ministry of defence of the Republic of Serbia: University of defence in Belgrade
摘要：A topological analysis of the structure of telecommunications networks is a very interesting topic in the network research, but also a key issue in their design and planning. Satisfying multiple criteria in terms of locations of switching nodes as well as their connectivity with respect to the requests for capacity, transmission speed, reliability, availability and cost are the main research objectives. There are three ways of presenting the topology of telecommunications networks: table, matrix or graph method. The table method is suitable for a network of a relatively small number of nodes in relation to the number of links. The matrix method involves the formation of a connection matrix in which its columns present source traffic nodes and its rows are the switching systems that belong to the destination. The method of the topology graph means that the network nodes are connected via directional or unidirectional links. We can thus easily analyze the structural parameters of telecommunications networks. This paper presents the mathematical analysis of the star-, ring-, fully connected loop- and grid (matrix)-shaped topology as well as the topology based on the shortest path tree. For each of these topologies, the expressions for determining the number of branches, the middle level of reliability, the medium length and the average length of the link are given in tables. For the fully connected loop network with five nodes the values of all topological parameters are calculated. Based on the topological parameters, the relationships that represent integral and distributed indicators of reliability are given in this work as well as the values of the particular network. The main objectives of the topology optimization of telecommunications networks are: achieving the minimum complexity, maximum capacity, the shortest path message transfer, the maximum speed of communication and maximum economy. The performance of telecommunications networks is analyzed in particular. Efficiency as an integral feature of reliability represents a measure of satisfying specific requirements of the mission (adequacy) over time (reliability) in a certain moment of time (availability). Today, modern telecommunications networks face another condition: the operation in extreme conditions (major floods, catastrophic earthquakes, forest fires, electromagnetic jamming and bombing from aircraft or remote control posts). In order to realize communication in such circumstances, it is necessary to introduce a new parameter - network survivability. The network survivability is defined as the ability of a network to maintain communication features while establishing, maintaining and terminating connections in extremely difficult conditions. This paper proposes a comprehensive definition of telecommunications networks including the network survivability as a very important factor. The best results in terms of network survivability are obtained by the network with full connection, but the drawback is its high implementation cost. The grid network is more favorable since it results in reducing the number of links between network nodes. With the number of branches increasing, the delay in the network also increases. The previous analysis shows that the average path length and the average length of links are critical values when selecting a configuration of functionally resistant telecommunications networks.
