Solutions

Network Design and Planning

Click to Enlarge: The top chart shows the Layer1 topology with a user simulating the failure of one link. The lower chart shows the resulting failures in Layer 3 and the resultant traffic flows in the network.

Cariden’s design and planning solutions demystify your network, allowing you to better understand traffic demands, topology details, and underlying physical infrastructure. Our modeling and simulation predict the impact possible changes to any of these factors will have and allow you to adjust your plans accordingly. We can help you understand the current topology and traffic on your network, calculate traffic growth trends, model forecasted new traffic, investigate the impact of introducing new technologies and optimize the routing of traffic to maximize the use of resources.

Sample Features and Use Cases

Capacity Planning
Forecasting
Failure Analysis
Peering co-ordination
Design verification
Multi-layer planning

The Cariden Advantage

Accurate traffic measurement, trending and calculation makes forecasting more efficient
Understanding and simulating network resilience allows confidence in acceptable risk policy
Accurate planning reduces unnecessary expenditure on hardware and bandwidth. Upgrades made only when required
Greater accuracy of planning improves probability of meeting SLAs
Multi-layer modeling increases accuracy and accounts for interdependencies between optical and IP layers