A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories. Title : A Framework for Defining Network Complexity Authors : Michael H. Behringer Alvaro Retana Russ White Geoff Huston Filename : draft-behringer-ncrg-complexity-framework-00.txt Pages : 22 Date : 2015-08-21 Abstract: Complexity is a widely used parameter in network design, yet there is no generally accepted definition of the term. Complexity metrics exist in a wide range of research papers, but most of these address only a particular aspect of a network, for example the complexity of a graph or software. There is a desire to define the complexity of a network as a whole, as deployed today to provide Internet services. This document provides a framework to guide research on the topic of network complexity, as well as some practical examples for trade-offs in networking. This document summarizes the work of the IRTF's Network Complexity Research Group (NCRG) at the time of its closure. It does not present final results, but a snapshot of an ongoing activity, as a basis for future work. The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-behringer-ncrg-complexity-framework/ There's also a htmlized version available at: https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-behringer-ncrg-complexity-framework-00 Please note that it may take a couple of minutes from the time of submission until the htmlized version and diff are available at tools.ietf.org. Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at: ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/ _______________________________________________ I-D-Announce mailing list I-D-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/i-d-announce Internet-Draft directories: http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html or ftp://ftp.ietf.org/ietf/1shadow-sites.txt