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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lev B Sofman, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
MCI Communications Corporation, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39550034 ; 39550013 ;
Abstract
A method of selecting an optimal set of spans for fiber cut simulations for a network carrying a plurality of demand-routes between a plurality of nodes interconnected by a plurality of fiber spans includes the steps of selecting from the plurality of spans a set of critical spans and selecting from the set of critical spans a minimal set of critical spans.