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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2004
Orestis Manthoulis, Sausalito, CA (US);
Stuart Lynch Blackburn, San Ramon, CA (US);
Laxman Sahasrabuddhe, Davis, CA (US);
Orestis Manthoulis, Sausalito, CA (US);
Stuart Lynch Blackburn, San Ramon, CA (US);
Laxman Sahasrabuddhe, Davis, CA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A method for automatically designing a switched metro Ethernet data is provided. During execution of the method, data network information, customer demand information, equipment information, and at least one design constraint is received. Based thereon, a potential topology design for the switched metro Ethernet data network is automatically established. The potential topology for the switched metro Ethernet data network can be a tree topology that is rooted at a predetermined hub node and that has a plurality of leaves. Each leaf is located at a customer location. In a particular embodiment, an aggregation node is placed at the hub node. Further, an aggregation node is placed at a predetermined redundant hub node. Additionally, an aggregation node is placed at another location in the tree topology.