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Network Design Complexity Measurement and Tradeoffs
draft-irtf-ncrg-network-design-complexity-00

Document Type Replaced Internet-Draft (ncrg RG)
Expired & archived
Authors Alvaro Retana , Russ White
Last updated 2015-08-21 (Latest revision 2013-08-30)
Replaced by draft-behringer-ncrg-complexity-framework
RFC stream Internet Research Task Force (IRTF)
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Abstract

Network architecture revolves around the concept of fitting the design of a network to its purpose; of asking the question, "what network will best fit these needs?" A part of fitting network design to requirements is the problem of complexity, an idea often informally measured using intuition and subjective experience. When would adding a particular protocol, policy, or configuration be "too complex?" This document suggests a series of continuums along which network complexity might be measured. No suggestions are made on how to measure complexity for each of these continuums; this is left for future documents.

Authors

Alvaro Retana
Russ White

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