CONTENTS

 1     Scope
 2     References
 3     Definitions
 4     Abbreviations
 5     Introduction
        5.1     New traffic engineering factors in Intelligent Networks
        5.2     General approach to dimensioning
 6     Intelligent Network traffic forecasting
        6.1     General
        6.2     Understanding traffic flows
        6.3     Development of IN service traffic matrices
 7     Resource allocation
        7.1     Introduction
        7.2     Methods for locating IN specific elements
                  7.2.1     Introduction
                  7.2.2     Methods for locating SSPs
                  7.2.3     Methods for locating SCPs
                  7.2.4     Methods for locating SDPs
                  7.2.5     Methods for locating IPs
 8     Dimensioning of Intelligent Networks
        8.1     Load determination
        8.2     Resource allocation and element dimensioning
        8.3     Network modelling
        8.4     Signalling subnetwork considerations
        8.5     Dimensioning of network components
                  8.5.1     Dimensioning of circuit groups
                  8.5.2     SS No. 7 link dimensioning
                  8.5.3     Dimensioning of non-SS No. 7 communication links
                  8.5.4     STP dimensioning
                  8.5.5     Dimensioning of circuit switching nodes
                  8.5.6     SCP dimensioning
                  8.5.7     SDP dimensioning
                  8.5.8     IP dimensioning
                  8.5.9     Other IN specific element dimensioning
 9     Re-dimensioning procedure
        9.1     Re-dimensioning for introduction of a new IN service
        9.2     Impact on the PSTN
        9.3     Impact on the signalling network
        9.4     Impact on the network architecture
10     History