Network Design Complexity Measurement and Tradeoffs
draft-irtf-ncrg-network-design-complexity-00
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| Authors | Alvaro Retana , Russ White | ||
| Last updated | 2015-08-21 (Latest revision 2013-08-30) | ||
| Replaced by | RFC 7980 | ||
| RFC stream | Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) | ||
| Intended RFC status | (None) | ||
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| Stream | IRTF state | (None) | |
| Consensus boilerplate | Unknown | ||
| Document shepherd | (None) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | Replaced by draft-behringer-ncrg-complexity-framework | |
| Telechat date | (None) | ||
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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.
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