Network Capacity Analysis Using Dynamic Simulation

Network capacity planning and analysis is usually done ina static way, point to point, with an optimal network design developed by dimensioning nodes and links to handle end-to-end network traffic demands. there is little consideration for disaster event plan- ning except for some redundancy built into the net- work design. We propose doing network capacity planning using a dynamic simulation network approach to account for the usual traffic network capacity and resilient net- work capacity simultaneously which handle both normal situations and disaster situations. This dy- namic simulation approach is across aggregated wire- line and wireless networks since critical networks re- quire high reliability and resiliency against disruptions both natural disasters-hurricanes and man-made disruptions - terrorist acts). This approach can be used to study the convergence of wireline and wireless networks and their joint capacity needs.