Method of telecommunications demand-route multiplexing (DEROM)
First Claim
1. A method of multiplexing lower bandwidth level telecommunications demand-routes to form higher bandwidth level bundles, there being a multiplex level ratio defined between said lower bandwidth level and said higher bandwidth level, each of said demand-routes having a cost associated therewith, which comprises the computer implemented steps of:
- for each demand-route, determining whether said demand-route includes a patching subroute;
for each patching subroute, finding a best bundle of demand-routes that includes said patching subroute, said best bundle having a highest cost gradient between the sum of the costs associated with the demand-routes included in said best bundle and the total cost associated with said best bundle; and
,multiplexing said demand-routes according to said best bundles.
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Abstract
A method of optimizing a telecommunications network in terms of transmission and equipment cost by multiplexing lower bandwidth level telecommunications demand-routes to form higher bandwidth level bundles, by determining, for each demand-route, whether the demand-route includes a patching subroute. For each patching subroute, the method finds a best bundle of demand-routes that includes the patching subroute. The best bundle is the one that has the highest cost gradient between the sum of the costs associated with the demand-routes included in the best bundle and the total cost associated with the best bundle. The method then multiplexes the demand-routes according to the best bundles.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of multiplexing lower bandwidth level telecommunications demand-routes to form higher bandwidth level bundles, there being a multiplex level ratio defined between said lower bandwidth level and said higher bandwidth level, each of said demand-routes having a cost associated therewith, which comprises the computer implemented steps of:
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for each demand-route, determining whether said demand-route includes a patching subroute; for each patching subroute, finding a best bundle of demand-routes that includes said patching subroute, said best bundle having a highest cost gradient between the sum of the costs associated with the demand-routes included in said best bundle and the total cost associated with said best bundle; and
,multiplexing said demand-routes according to said best bundles. - 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 method of multiplexing lower bandwidth level telecommunications demand-routes to form higher bandwidth level bundles, there being a multiplex level ratio defined between said lower bandwidth level and said higher bandwidth level, each of said demand-routes having a cost associated therewith, which comprises the computer implemented steps of:
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defining a patching subroute set; defining a temporary array; defining a final array; for each demand-route, determining whether said demand-route includes a patching subroute; including in said patching subroute set each patching subroute; including in said final array each demand-route determined not to include a patching subroute; including in said temporary array each demand-route determined to include a patching subroute and that includes a number of lower bandwidth demands less than a predetermined threshold value; including in said final array each demand-route that includes a number of lower bandwidth demands equal to an integer multiple of an express parameter; including in said final array each demand-route that includes a number of lower bandwidth demands equal to or greater than an integer multiple of said express parameter plus a predetermined threshold value; for each patching subroute in said patching subroute set, finding a best bundle of demand-routes in said temporary array that includes said patching subroute, said best bundle having a highest cost gradient between the sum of the costs associated with the demand-routes included in said best bundle and the total cost associated with said best bundle; and
,multiplexing said demand-routes according to said best bundles. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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