HYBRID COVERAGE PLANNER AND COST ESTIMATOR
First Claim
1. A system for providing a dynamic network planning and cost estimation for the same, the system comprising:
- a user interface configured to allow an administrative user access and end user access;
a memory element for receiving definition data from an administrative user, the definition data including technology specifications, equipment specification and subscriber services definitions;
a calculation simulator configured to receive a coverage area definition and, in response thereto;
extract applicable configuration data from memory element based at least in part on the coverage area definition;
for each applicable equipment type, calculating the number of pieces of the equipment required to cover the coverage area;
identify the data throughput requirements for each node in the coverage area;
identify the required packet handling for each node in the coverage area; and
determine whether the throughput requirements for each node are less than the throughput capacity for the particular equipment type and whether the required packet handling per node is less than the packet-handling capacity of the particular equipment type, and if so calculate the cost of the network based at least in part on the number of required pieces of the particular equipment type and the costs associated with that particular equipment type.
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Abstract
A dynamic network planning and cost estimation tool for designing, enhancing and deploying telecommunication networks that administers supplied definition data including service descriptions, equipment specifications and empirical network design and demographic data by storing that information and making it accessible to the tool. A user can provide a target coverage area along with some definitions related to the target area, such as services to include or exclude, equipment types to include or excludes, etc. Based on the available equipment and services, calculations are run to determine how many pieces of the equipment are required to provide full coverage, as well as meet desired throughput and data packet delivery requirements.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for providing a dynamic network planning and cost estimation for the same, the system comprising:
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a user interface configured to allow an administrative user access and end user access; a memory element for receiving definition data from an administrative user, the definition data including technology specifications, equipment specification and subscriber services definitions; a calculation simulator configured to receive a coverage area definition and, in response thereto; extract applicable configuration data from memory element based at least in part on the coverage area definition; for each applicable equipment type, calculating the number of pieces of the equipment required to cover the coverage area; identify the data throughput requirements for each node in the coverage area; identify the required packet handling for each node in the coverage area; and determine whether the throughput requirements for each node are less than the throughput capacity for the particular equipment type and whether the required packet handling per node is less than the packet-handling capacity of the particular equipment type, and if so calculate the cost of the network based at least in part on the number of required pieces of the particular equipment type and the costs associated with that particular equipment type. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for dynamic network planning and cost estimation, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving definition data from an administrative user, the definition data including technology specifications, equipment specification and subscriber services definitions and storing the date into a memory element; receiving a coverage area definition from an end user; based on the coverage area definition, extracting applicable configuration data from the memory element; calculating the number of pieces of each type of equipment required to deploy a network that fully services the coverage area; identifying the data throughput requirements for each node in the network; identifying the required packet handling for each node in the network; and calculating the cost of the network based at least in part on the number of required pieces of the particular equipment type and the costs associated with that particular equipment type if the throughput requirements for each node in the network are less than the throughput capacity for the particular equipment type and, the required packet handling per node is less than the packet-handling capacity of the particular equipment type. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for providing a dynamic network planning and cost estimation for the same, the system comprising:
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a user interface configured to allow an administrative user access and end user access; a memory element for receiving definition data from an administrative user, the definition data including technology specifications, equipment specification and subscriber services definitions; a calculation simulator configured to receive a coverage area definition including excluded areas and, in response thereto; extract applicable configuration data from memory element based at least in part on the coverage area definition; for each applicable equipment type, calculating the number of pieces of the equipment required to cover the coverage area by; calculating an effective radius for a particular piece of equipment; calculating an effective circumference for the particular piece of equipment; and calculating a minimum number of cells to cover the coverage area based on the number of columns and rows required in view of the effective circumference; identify the data throughput requirements for each node in the coverage area; identify the required packet handling for each node in the coverage area; and determine whether the throughput requirements for each node are less than the throughput capacity for the particular equipment type and whether the required packet handling per node is less than the packet-handling capacity of the particular equipment type, and if so calculate the cost of the network based at least in part on the number of required pieces of the particular equipment type and the costs associated with that particular equipment type, and if not decrease the effective circumference and continue at the step of calculating the minimum number of cells with the reduced effective circumference. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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