Design and optimization of resilient multipath networks [Elektronische Ressource] / Claus Günter Gruber

Lehrstuhl fu¨r Kommunikationsnetzeder Technischen Universit¨at Mu¨nchenDesign and Optimization ofResilient Multipath NetworksClaus Gu¨nter GruberVollst¨andiger Abdruck der von der Fakult¨at fu¨r Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnikder Technischen Universit¨at Mu¨nchen zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades einesDoktor–Ingenieurs (Dr.–Ing.)genehmigten Dissertation.Vorsitzender:Univ.–Prof. Dr.–Ing. Ulf SchlichtmannPru¨fer der Dissertation:1. Univ.–Prof. Dr.–Ing. Jo¨rg Ebersp¨acher2. Univ.–Prof. Dr.–Ing. Ralf Lehnert,Technische Universita¨t DresdenDieDissertationwurdeam12.12.2006beiderTechnischenUniversit¨atMu¨ncheneingereichtunddurchdieFakult¨atfu¨rElektrotechnikundInformationstechnikam22.6.2007angenom-men.Design and Optimization ofResilient Multipath NetworksClaus Gu¨nter GruberMunich, GermanyTo my parents and my sister.Only if an optimal solution is known,suboptimal solutions can be accepted.AcknowledgmentsThisthesiswaswrittenduringmyworkasresearcherandteachingassistantattheInstituteof Communication Networks (LKN) at Munich University of Technology (TUM). A timeI will always remember as a very interesting moment of my life where helpful colleagueshave surrounded me. Many of them became friends.Foremost, I sincerely would like to thank Prof. Dr.-Ing. J¨org Ebersp¨acher, the insti-tute’s head and my Ph.D. advisor for his constant support and guidance throughout thework.