The Role of Forecasting
During the process of Network Planning and Design, estimates are made of the expected traffic intensity and traffic load that the network must support. If a network of a similar nature already exists, traffic measurements of such a network can be used to calculate the exact traffic load . If there are no similar networks, then the network planner must use telecommunications forecasting methods to estimate the expected traffic intensity.
The forecasting process involves several steps:
- Definition of problem;
- Data acquisition;
- Choice of forecasting method;
- Analysis/Forecasting;
- Documentation and analysis of results.
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