System and Method for Re-home Sequencing Optimization
First Claim
1. A method of generating a rehome sequencing plan for a telecommunications network the method comprising:
- inputting an initial topology of network elements for the telecommunications network;
generating an initial rehome sequencing plan for rehoming the telecommunications network from the initial topology to a final topology of network elements; and
modifying an order of rehome sequencing steps in the initial rehome sequencing plan to generate a practicable optimized rehome sequencing plan having minimized cost.
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Abstract
A system and method for rehome sequencing optimization of a telecommunications network. In a preferred embodiment, a practicable optimized rehome sequencing plan is determined for a rehome plan in order to migrate the network topology from an initial state to a final state while minimizing the costs incurred during the network state transitions across multiple time periods. Constraints that may be considered include specific market restrictions such as the limit on the number of network elements in a cluster, the limit on the number of clusters in a sequencing step, the limit on the number of sequencing steps, and the immobility limit on the network elements. Constraints also may include cost restrictions incurred during network transitions, such as individual cost limits during each network transition state and an overall cost limit of network transitions from the initial state to the final state.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of generating a rehome sequencing plan for a telecommunications network the method comprising:
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inputting an initial topology of network elements for the telecommunications network; generating an initial rehome sequencing plan for rehoming the telecommunications network from the initial topology to a final topology of network elements; and modifying an order of rehome sequencing steps in the initial rehome sequencing plan to generate a practicable optimized rehome sequencing plan having minimized cost. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for generating a practicable optimized rehome sequencing plan for a telecommunications network, the system comprising:
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a sequencing plan manager configured to generate rehome sequencing plans for rehoming the telecommunications network from an initial network element topology to a final network element topology; a sequencing plan optimizer configured to search for the practicable optimized rehome sequencing plan for the telecommunications network; a sequencing plan calculator configured to determine costs of the rehome sequencing plans; a persistent storage for storing data about network element topologies, network elements, and network mobility information; a network manager configured to retrieve the data from persistent storage and format the data into data structures usable by the sequencing plan manager, the sequencing plan optimizer and the sequencing plan calculator; and a graphical user interface for interacting with a user of the system. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A computer program product for generating a rehome sequencing plan for a telecommunications network, the computer program product comprising:
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computer program code for inputting an initial topology of network elements for the telecommunications network; computer program code for generating an initial rehome sequencing plan for rehoming the telecommunications network from the initial topology to a final topology of network elements; and computer program code for modifying an order of rehome sequencing steps in the initial rehome sequencing plan to generate a practicable optimized rehome sequencing plan having minimized cost.
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