Telecommunications Performance Engineering

This book provides an insight into the rich diversity of techniques, tools and knowledge used in performance engineering, covering the whole life-cycle, from design through to operation, of both networks and systems. Performance modelling is discussed as an essential technique, providing the ability to predict performance through a quantitative understanding of how varying demand affects the behaviour of a system or network. Performance testing is analysed, offering the final opportunity to address the concerns of economic pressures pushing the identification and resolution of performances further down the supplier chain.