System and method for ethernet network design
First Claim
1. A network design method comprising:
- inputting embedded network information describing at least one existing network element and a plurality of physical locations available for locating new network nodes;
inputting a demand forecast for a coverage area of a proposed network having a core layer, an aggregation layer, and an access layer;
inputting a number of core layer nodes to be included in the proposed network;
inputting a number of aggregator layer nodes to be included in the proposed network;
generating a potential network design for the proposed network comprising an assigned physical location for each of the core layer nodes and aggregator layer nodes; and
calculating a cost of implementing the potential network design.
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Abstract
A system and method for Ethernet network design are disclosed. In one embodiment of a method incorporating teachings of the present disclosure, embedded network information describing at least one existing network element and a plurality of physical locations available for locating new network nodes may be inputted. A demand forecast for a coverage area of a proposed network may also be inputted. In an embodiment in which a to-be-designed network has at least a core layer and an aggregation layer, a number of core layer nodes and aggregator nodes to be included in the proposed network may also be inputted. Consideration may be given to these and other inputs in connection with generating a potential network design for the proposed network, and a cost of implementing the potential network design may be calculated.
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33 Claims
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1. A network design method comprising:
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inputting embedded network information describing at least one existing network element and a plurality of physical locations available for locating new network nodes;
inputting a demand forecast for a coverage area of a proposed network having a core layer, an aggregation layer, and an access layer;
inputting a number of core layer nodes to be included in the proposed network;
inputting a number of aggregator layer nodes to be included in the proposed network;
generating a potential network design for the proposed network comprising an assigned physical location for each of the core layer nodes and aggregator layer nodes; and
calculating a cost of implementing the potential network design. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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- 14. A computer-readable medium having computer-readable data to access embedded network information, to access a proposed number of core layer nodes for a network, to access a number of proposed aggregation layer nodes for the network, to consider a forecasted demand for the network, to generate at least two potential network designs for the network, and to identify a lower cost network from the at least two potential network designs.
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18. A network design system, comprising:
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a network interface operable to form at least a portion of a communication link between a local component and a remote memory maintaining embedded network information;
a design engine operable to generate at least two proposed network designs each including at least one deployed network node described in the embedded network information; and
a costing engine operable to determine a lower cost proposed network from the at least two proposed network designs. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An Ethernet network design method comprising:
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receiving a user input comprising at least one design parameter for a proposed Ethernet optical network;
generating at least two different potential network designs for the proposed network; and
calculating a cost of implementing at least one of the at least two different potential network designs. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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