Methods and apparatus for determining one or more access points in a communication system
First Claim
1. A method for determining the number of users for an access point, comprising:
- determining inventory information for a location having a known number of users, where the access point is to be treated as an individual switch with a limited number of connections to a network, the number of required access points for the location is unknown, and the number of users per access point is unknown;
establishing a number of users for an access point and a user type for said location to an initial value, wherein said initial value does not exceed the maximum number of users supportable by the access point;
calculating traffic parameters for the access point based on the established number of users and the inventory information, the traffic parameters including;
traffic from the access point to all other locations,traffic to the access point from all other locations;
traffic from the access point to other access points at the location;
traffic to the access point from other access points at the location;
voice mail traffic and use; and
community of interest factors for the location;
determining a number of channels required for said access point based on said calculated traffic parameters; and
changing said number of users for said access point and repeating the calculating and the determining of the number of channels required for said access point until such time as a highest number of users is established for said access point while said access point'"'"'s channel capacity is not exceeded.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, apparatus, means, and computer program code for designing a communication system. According to embodiments of the present invention, the communication system may include a number of locations, each of which has a known or expected number of users but an unknown number of needed access points. Each access point in the communication system may be treated as an individual switch with a limited number of connections (e.g., line connections, gateway channels), even though the number of required access points per location is unknown and the number of users per access point is unknown. As part of the design or determination process, inventory information for one or more locations may be determined. The traffic to and from an access point at the location may depend on the inventory information, which can be used to determine the number of access points needed for the location.
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1. A method for determining the number of users for an access point, comprising:
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determining inventory information for a location having a known number of users, where the access point is to be treated as an individual switch with a limited number of connections to a network, the number of required access points for the location is unknown, and the number of users per access point is unknown; establishing a number of users for an access point and a user type for said location to an initial value, wherein said initial value does not exceed the maximum number of users supportable by the access point; calculating traffic parameters for the access point based on the established number of users and the inventory information, the traffic parameters including; traffic from the access point to all other locations, traffic to the access point from all other locations; traffic from the access point to other access points at the location; traffic to the access point from other access points at the location; voice mail traffic and use; and community of interest factors for the location; determining a number of channels required for said access point based on said calculated traffic parameters; and changing said number of users for said access point and repeating the calculating and the determining of the number of channels required for said access point until such time as a highest number of users is established for said access point while said access point'"'"'s channel capacity is not exceeded. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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