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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Sarat Puthenpura, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
David G. Belanger, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Abraham George, Lake Hiawatha, NJ (US);
Sam Houston Parker, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Wenjie Zhao, Princeton, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing planning of a plurality of mobile switching centers in a wireless network are disclosed. For example, the method obtains input data, and determines a limit for at least one mobile switching center parameter in accordance with the input data. The method determines if the limit for the at least one mobile switching center parameter is exceeded and determines an optimal output for an objective function, wherein the objective function is based on a plurality of penalty factors, if the limit for the at least one mobile switching center parameter is exceeded.