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Foil 5 Users Requirements (1)

From Network Design for Internetworking Lectures at Xi'an Jaotong University -- Sept 1998. by Roman Markowski
users requirements and expectations are growing exponentially
technology limitations (bandwidth, protocols, hardware)
the final version of the production network should be transparent to the average user
user's dreams:
  • no delays; no cost to user
  • no protocol or functional restrictions
  • no physical constraints
  • no network errors
  • portability

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