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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2019
Level 3 Communications, Llc, Broomfield, CO (US);
Benjamin K. Peterson, Superior, CO (US);
Samid Ameer Hoda, Thornton, CO (US);
Level 3 Communications, LLC, Broomfield, CO (US);
Abstract
Implementations described and claimed herein provide a system and methods for determining a minimum number of communication nodes to substantially cover a particular geographical area and for optimizing an extension of an optical network to provide service to the communication nodes. In one implementation, at least one parameter for one or more forces configured to control interactions of a plurality of nodes is received. Each of the nodes has a node range corresponding to an effective operational limit of the node. Boundary information defining a geographical area to which coverage by a network may be provided is received. The one or more forces are simulated to distribute the plurality of nodes. The simulation of the one or more forces causes the plurality of nodes to become positioned in an overall layout such that the defined geographical area is substantially covered by the node ranges.