Next-generation networks (NGNs
g., alternating current (AC) power and non-central office deployment), is considered in the design for network reliability. The paper includes examples from implementation of the methodology to IP Multimedia Systems (IMS) networks. © 2008 Alcatel-Lucent.of performance [9] and reliability [10] and systems which could measure them [15]. Then, even within the new packet networks, additional evolution was necessary, for example, to design multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) IP networks. In every case, there were questions about how reliable the networks could be, given that they embodied new hardware and software which did not enjoy the longer operational, development, and deployment experiences of their predecessor "legacy" technology networks. In the early stages of new hardware development, there is always a high degree of "infant mortality" [17]. Similarly, questions regarding reliability exist today for the nextgeneration networks [1,11].