✿ Abstract

Traffic Engineering     Traffic engineering as it applies to traditional voice network is determined the number of trunks necessary to carry a required amount of voice calls during a period of time.     Traffic engineering a voice over X network is a five step processing. Including a two step is in most large businesses it is more cost effective to apply traffic engineering to groups of trunks serving a common purpose. Start by separating the traffic into inbound and outbound directions.     The traffic volume in telephone engineering is measured in units called erlangs. An erlang is the amount of traffic one trunk can handle in one hour. It is a non-dimensional unit that has many functions.