An infrastructure service suggestion system for data communication network : Local area network

Abstract

Network Infrastructure development includes building of networks such as LANs, WANs, Intranets and Extranets. This is a responsibility of the Network Engineers or the network architects. They should have the knowledge as well as the skills to plan and design a data communication network, be conscious about the best place to have communication lines, be updated with the latest network equipment and be aware about the hardware and wiring needed for the buildings. These tasks are more complex for larger organizations which needs more accuracy, dedication and flexibility in their networks. Therefore the solution proposed in this paper to reduce these challenges of a network engineer is a Data Communication Network Infrastructure Recommendation System. This system will be able to get any floor plan and analyse it in order to provide recommendations on the installation of the main networking components such as selecting the server room and deployment of the backbone cable. It also allows the user to draft the plan with endpoints by the drag and drop function, keep a log fie of the saved data and also to send a System generated network layout of the plan to the customer. The software is being developed by making use of the Image processing technology with the help of the MATlab Software and C#. A series of algorithms will be used of achieve the objectives of the software. This software is non-identical to current software in the market.