10 Steps in Network Design: A Comprehensive Guide

This article discusses the 10 essential steps in network design, including identifying business requirements, assessing network requirements, drawing network diagrams, implementing the design, and optimizing security measures. The article emphasizes the importance of following a systematic and strategic approach to network design.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................2
References........................................................................................................................................3

INTRODUCTION
Network design is defined as the using of the different wire and wireless cables which is used in
the designing of the networking in the organisations. It is essential to know the needs and
requirements of using the network and also the budgeting as well so that the security concerns
can be considered while designing the network (BenSaleh, Saida, Kacem and Abid, 2020). The
current article is based on the 10th steps in network designing.
MAIN BODY
Identifying the business requirements is the first stage in which the organisation collects the
requirements which are provided by the company and also work on the network strategy which
must be implanted while keeping the financial aspect in consideration. identifying the network
requirements is the second stage which is based on the goals and objectives of the conceptual
network. This stage evaluates the location of the network and the other network system which is
already installed. It also conducts the gap analysis and operation environment which is to be
proposed in the network (Radosavovic, Kosaraju, Girshick and Dollár, 2020). Drawing the
network diagram is the third stage in which the technical requirements and the business needs are
assessed in order to formulate the physical and logical design. It outlines the entire scope of the
proposed network which is helpful in the future troubleshoot or in any error detection and
mitigation. Network diagram is very detailed which must be updated in order to keep it secure.
Network implementation is The Fourth stage in which the different approaches of network
designing are documented so that the proper time frame can be decided and testing can be
performed. Building a network prototype is the 5th stage in which the diagram of the entire
network building is drawn either by using the system or on the pen or paper so that the actual
implementation can get the idea of the locations which further helps in the testing and detecting
the errors along with the mitigation of it. Network designing document is the 6th stage in which
the document is formulated which covers all the aspects of the network designing which includes
the current benefits and future benefits along with the business requirements and entire detailing
of the networking and its concepts. implementing the design is the seventh stage in which actual
implementation takes place where the prototyping is converted into the real network with proper
specifications without any disruptions into the existing network. Monitoring and managing is the
eight stage in which the implemented networking design is monitored and managed with proper
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updates and security aspects where the extra features are also added to the network. Optimization
is the 9th stage in which the identification of the issues are done along with the resolving them.
Security is the 10th stage in which the intrusion and data theft is detected so that the firewall and
intrusion prevention system can be installed accordingly as per the business resources and
infrastructure (Zappone, Di Renzo and Debbah, 2019).
CONCLUSION
It is concluded that network designing is an important concept to learn and study so that it's
practical applications and stages can be followed up in a systematic and strategic manner.
Therefore it is important to assess the different stages in network designing. hence the above
discussion covers all such areas in order to better understand the concept of different stages in
network designing.
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References
Books and Journals
BenSaleh, M.S., Saida, R., Kacem, Y.H. and Abid, M., 2020. Wireless sensor network design
methodologies: A survey. Journal of Sensors, 2020.
Radosavovic, I., Kosaraju, R.P., Girshick, R. and Dollár, P., 2020. Designing network design
spaces. In Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern
Recognition (pp. 10428-10436).
Zappone, A., Di Renzo, M. and Debbah, M., 2019. Wireless networks design in the era of deep
learning: Model-based, AI-based, or both?. IEEE Transactions on
Communications, 67(10), pp.7331-7376.
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