PROCEDURES OF DESIGNING ENTERPRISE NETWORK COMMUNICATION SUBSYSTEMS

The aim of the paper is to present some basic rules allowing comparison of data processing and data communication subsystems in a form applicable in practice. The proposed approach addresses the corporate network communication subsystems design problem. Corporate networks classification, design, evaluation, planning, monitoring, and management as well as tuning, integration, or migration tasks are usually formulated as finding a communication system that is most suitable for a given corporate data processing system. The design procedures are based on the assumption that it is possible to transform data processing subsystem features and requirements into communication subsystem characteristics and vice versa. The features and characteristics when known allow comparison of categorized requirements and available services.