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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2015
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Guangzhi Li, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Angela Lan Chiu, Holmdel, NJ (US);

Chris Dailey, Matthews, NC (US);

Robert Duncan Doverspike, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);

Monica Naukam Gerhardstein, Johns Creek, GA (US);

Dah-Min David Hwang, Vancouver, WA (US);

Dongmei Wang, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Dahai Xu, Livingston, NJ (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/727 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/121 (2013.01); H04J 14/0201 (2013.01); H04J 14/0269 (2013.01); H04J 14/0284 (2013.01); H04J 14/0286 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/12 (2013.01); H04Q 11/0062 (2013.01); H04J 14/0212 (2013.01); H04J 14/0217 (2013.01); H04J 14/0256 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing a route recommendation are disclosed. For example, the method obtains network topology information, wherein the network topology information comprises a plurality of underlying subnetwork types for a network. The method creates a cost model for the network, and receives a request from a user for a connection to be supported by the network. The method provides the route recommendation for supporting the connection by applying the cost model.


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