Reliability Assessment of the Iraqi National Communication Network

Authors

Musaria Kareem Mahmood
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Fawzi Mohammad Munir Al-Naima
Al-Mamoon University College
Zahraa Zaidan
Tikrit University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52549/ijeei.v6i4.615
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Published: 25-12-2018 • Issue: Vol. 6 No. 4: December 2018 • Section: Telecommunication

Abstract

The design of communication networks continues to progress rapidly in more suitable forms to meet the challenges of the present era. This paper presents a tentative study of the design of a reliable Iraqi National Communication Network (INCN). The INCN connects all major cities in Iraq with Baghdad as the central node. The followed subjected procedure is a general method which can be applied to all similar problems concerning any Wide Area Network design.  An optimal backbone is first designed by Prim’s algorithm which has distances between cities as input data. The INCN is subjected to reliability improvement by adding links to the initial backbone. An improved algorithm based on tie-sets method is developed for network reliability computation. Three chosen scenarios (Net1, Net2, and Net3) for the INCN are presented and underwent reliability estimation. Evaluation results show a successive improvement of the network reliability to yield to an optimal solution recognized as being Net3. The adopted topology for the INCN is based on two clusters having Baghdad as the common head cluster. Clustering will simplify the reliability evaluation by decreasing the number of tie-sets, and hence the computation complexity.

 

Keywords: Backbone Design; Network Reliability; Clusteringy topology; WAN

Author Biographies

Fawzi Mohammad Munir Al-Naima

Emeritus Professor Fawzi M. Al-Naima( SMIEEE)

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0930-5073, Researcher ID: H-7816-2013

Born in Mosul, Iraq on 22-12-1948, received both degrees of B.Sc. (First Class Honors), and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from Newcastle University, UK in 1971 and 1976 respectively. He worked as a Lecturer and Associate Professor in Al-Rasheed College of Engineering, Baghdad, Iraq from 1977 to 1989. He worked with the College of Engineering, Nahrain University, Baghdad - Iraq from 1989 to 2014. He served as Head of Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering from 1992 to 2000, and as a Head of Department of Computer Engineering from 2000 to 2003, and then a Dean of the College of Engineering from 2003 to 2007 in the same university.

Professor Al-Naima has been serving as a Head of Department of Computer Engineering in Al- Mamon University College, Baghdad- Iraq since October 2015. He spent one Sabbatical year in Aleppo University, Syria from Oct 2006 to Sept 2007 and one year as a Visiting Professor in the University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan from Oct. 2007 to Sept. 2008.

- Published more than 80 research papers in national and international conferences and journals.

- Supervised more than 70 MSc and PhD theses.

- Current research interests include intelligent optimization techniques, computer aided design of large electrical circuits, analog and digital signal processing, solar tracking systems and design of smart home energy management systems. Professor Al-Naima is a Life Fellow Member of the IETE, India since 1999, and a senior member of the IEEE.

- Has been serving as Editorial Member for a number of national and international scientific journals.

-Served as a consultant for a number of public and private companies in Iraq.

How to Cite

[1]
M. K. Mahmood, F. M. M. Al-Naima, and Z. Zaidan, “Reliability Assessment of the Iraqi National Communication Network”, IJEEI, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 448–457, Dec. 2018, doi: 10.52549/ijeei.v6i4.615.