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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Intelligent IGP Link Costing Algorithms?
> > An added twist appears to be that a full demand matrix > > is difficult to build without large systems of flow > > collection. I'm curious if the problem can easily be > > approached without full insight in to this data. > > (per link usage yes, but without end-to-end flows) > > It's not merely flow data. You also have to include variables such as cost of > the circuit(s) at a given data rate. True, but this even further complicates the optimization. You could equally consider multiple upstream provider transit costs. I was trying to keep it simple. I was simplifying based on the fact that most large providers own or lease their own backbones, and don't directly pay per bit on their own network. -Joel
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