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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald L Hansen, Louisville, CO (US);
Jennifer Sanchez, Nederland, CO (US);
Assignee:
U S West, Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370222 ;
Abstract
A SONET planning tool is provided for generating optimized SONET rings based on an existing SONET system capacity and anticipated system demand at minimal cost. The planning tool includes an analytical process that accurately models and utilizes embedded systems, linear chains, unidirectional rings, and bi-directional rings based on existing capabilities. In addition, large forecasted demands can be preprocessed with dedicated two-node rings, and multi-period studies can be generated.