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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2004
Ali Zolfaghari, San Ramon, CA (US);
Andre Fuetsch, Houston, TX (US);
Christine Bouamalay, Oakland, CA (US);
Miguel Tomas Molina, San Ramon, CA (US);
Ali Zolfaghari, San Ramon, CA (US);
Andre Fuetsch, Houston, TX (US);
Christine Bouamalay, Oakland, CA (US);
Miguel Tomas Molina, San Ramon, CA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A method of automatically generating a computer based layout of an optical communication network is provided. First, communications traffic demand forecast data for an optical communication network is received. Network data corresponding to a deployed optical communication network is also received. Thereafter, a network plan can be automatically generated. The network plan corresponds to a modified network that may be deployed. Also, the network plan can be derived from the network data. Further, the network plan can be constructed in response to the performance of a grooming operation that includes a first level of grooming at an optical level of the modified network and a second level of grooming at an electrical level of the modified network.