proc GetTrafficItemByName { trafficItemName } {
    # Search for the exact Traffic Item name and return the Traffic Item object"

    foreach trafficItem [ixNet getList [ixNet getRoot]traffic trafficItem] {
	set currentTiName [ixNet getAttribute $trafficItem -name]

	if {[regexp "(TI\[0-9]+)?$trafficItemName$" $currentTiName]} {
	    return $trafficItem
	}
    }
    # Retuning 0 if not found
    return 0
}