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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2005
Ahmad M. Jrad, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Blesson Mathews, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Thomas B. Morawski, Westfield, NJ (US);
Louise F. A. Spergel, Washington Crossing, PA (US);
Ahmad M. Jrad, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Blesson Mathews, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Thomas B. Morawski, Westfield, NJ (US);
Louise F. A. Spergel, Washington Crossing, PA (US);
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
The invention comprises a method and apparatus for determining an expected impact of a disaster on a network. In particular, one embodiment of the method includes modeling the network as a plurality of geographical regions associated with respective pluralities of network elements and network element interconnectivities, generating a disaster model associated with the disaster by adjusting a disaster framework using a disaster parameter, generating a disaster analysis model using the network model and the disaster model, wherein the disaster analysis model includes a disaster probability parameter and a disaster impact parameter, and determining the expected impact of the disaster on at least a portion of the network using the disaster analysis model.