Eller, Karol Schaeffer2014-03-142014-03-141992-12-05etd-03172010-020033http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41643This project report defines network robustness and discusses capability indicators that could be used to analyze network robustness. Growing dependence on telecommunication networks and recent network outages have focused attention on network robustness. The National Communications System (NCS), a confederation of 23 Federal departments and agencies, has been concerned with network robustness since its formation in 1963. The NCS is developing and implementing systems and services that enhance the capability of the public switched networks to support critical Government communication requirements during times of crisis or emergency. Quantitative indicators of network robustness are needed to analyze the benefits of these enhancements. This project proposes a set of candidate capability indicators that could be used by the NCS in future analyses of the public switched networks with and without network enhancements.viii, 127 leavesBTDapplication/pdfenIn CopyrightLD5655.V851 1992.E454Network analysis (Planning)Telecommunication systemsMaster's projecthttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03172010-020033/