Computational Intelligence in Telecommunications Networks

Telecommunications has evolved and grown at an explosive rate in recent years and will undoubtedly continue to do so. As its functions applications and technology grow it becomes increasingly complex and difficult if not impossible to meet the demands of a global network using conventional computing technologies. Computational intelligence (CI) is the technology of the future-and the future is now.Computational Intelligence in Telecommunications Networks offers an in-depth look at the rapid progress of CI technology and shows its importance in solving the crucial problems of future telecommunications networks. It covers a broad range of topics from Call Admission Control congestion control and QoS-routing for ATM networks to network design and management optical mobile and active networks and Intelligent Mobile Agents.Today's telecommunications professionals need a working knowledge of CI to exploit its potential to overcome emerging challenges. The CI community must become acquainted with those challenges to take advantage of the enormous opportunities the telecommunications field offers. This text meets both those needs clearly concisely and with a depth certain to inspire further theoretical and practical advances.