Tool and method for operations, management, capacity, and services business solution for a telecommunications network
First Claim
1. An operations, management, capacity, and services (OMCS) tool comprising:
- a means for analyzing business parameters for a plurality of network architectures; and
a means for comparing the business parameters for said network architectures for determining cost savings of one network architecture versus another and for determining a business solution that articulates the network architecture for reducing total expenditure.
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Abstract
An operations, management, capacity, and services (OMCS) tool and method are presented for analyzing business parameters for a plurality of network architectures; and comparing the business parameters for said network architectures for determining cost savings of one network architecture versus another and for determining a business solution that articulates the network architecture for reducing total expenditure. The business parameters comprise capital expenditure (CAPEX), operational expenditure (OPEX), total expenditure, revenue, capacity, return on investment (ROI), and other business and financial statistics. The OMCS tool and method determine the business solution for an owned, a leased, or partially owned and leased telecommunications network. The business solution further comprises network architecture having network elements (NEs), customer premise equipment (CPE), and links from the same or different equipment suppliers; and having network, service, and customer management processes from the same or different management processes suppliers.
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38 Claims
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1. An operations, management, capacity, and services (OMCS) tool comprising:
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a means for analyzing business parameters for a plurality of network architectures; and
a means for comparing the business parameters for said network architectures for determining cost savings of one network architecture versus another and for determining a business solution that articulates the network architecture for reducing total expenditure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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12. A tool as described in claim I1, wherein the means for determining the network architecture cost comprises a means for computing a total owned NEs cost;
- a total owned CPE cost; and
a total owned links cost for each of said network architectures over said pre-determined study period; and
wherein the means for determining the leasing cost comprises a means for computing a total footprints cost and a total power consumptions cost for said owned NEs and CPE over said pre-determined study period.
- a total owned CPE cost; and
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20. A computer program containing instructions for directing a computer to perform a process for analyzing business parameters for a plurality of network architectures, and comparing the business parameters for said network architectures over a pre-determined study period, the program comprising:
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a means for causing the computer to receive data for the plurality of network architectures;
a means for causing the computer to analyze the received data to compute the business parameters for said network architectures; and
a means for causing the computer to compare said computed business parameters for said network architectures for determining cost savings of one network architecture versus another and for determining a business solution that articulates the network architecture for reducing total expenditure. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for developing business solution for a telecommunications network, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving data for a plurality of network architectures;
analyzing the received data to compute business parameters for said network architectures; and
comparing said computed business parameters for said network architectures for determining cost savings of one network architecture versus another and for determining a business solution that articulates the network architecture for reducing total expenditure. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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