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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2008
Applicants:
Shankar Krishnan, Chatham, NJ (US);
Aaron Archer, South Orange, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Shankar Krishnan, Chatham, NJ (US);
Aaron Archer, South Orange, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/50 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/5072 (2013.01); G06F 9/5027 (2013.01); H04L 41/145 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing a facility location plan for a network with a V-shaped facility cost are disclosed. For example, the method receives an event from a queue, wherein the event comprises an open event or a tight event. The method connects a plurality of adjacent clients to a facility, if the event comprises the open event, and adds a new client-facility edge to a graph comprising a plurality of client-facility edges, if the event comprises the tight event.