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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2000
Donna Fagen, Lexington, MA (US);
Rajamani Ganesh, Bedford, MA (US);
Dimitris N. Kalofonos, Watertown, MA (US);
Vincent A. O'Byrne, Boston, MA (US);
Verizon Laboratories Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A computing system ( ) provides a network designer with a mechanism for modeling migration, or a shift, of call traffic from a first server ( ) operating using a first technology type to a second server ( ) operating using a second technology type. The system ( ) executes a traffic map generation process ( ) for generating a first traffic map ( ) responsive to a radio coverage area ( ) and a call traffic load ( ) for the first server ( ), and for generating a second traffic map ( ) responsive to a radio coverage area ( ) and call traffic load ( ) for the second server ( ). The system ( ) executes a call traffic migration modeling process ( ) to adapt the second traffic map ( ) to include a proportion ( ) of the first call traffic load ( ) to be shifted from the first server ( ) to the second server ( ).