Optimization of consolidating entities
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1. A method for merging locations, comprising:
- calculating a first characteristic of at least one carrier at a first location and a second location;
determining a first penalty for excluding said carrier based at least in part on said first characteristic;
comparing said first penalty to a first preselected value;
merging said first location and said second location if said first penalty is less than said first preselected value, thereby forming a first merged location;
if said first penalty is not less than said first preselected valuecalculating a second characteristic of said carrier at a third location and at a fourth location;
determining a second penalty for excluding said carrier based at least in part on said second characteristic;
comparing said second penalty to said first penalty; and
if said second penalty is less than said first penalty, merging said third location with said fourth location, orif said second penalty is greater than said first penalty merging said first location with said second location, orif said first penalty and said second penalty are the same creating a bias favoring said first merged location if said first merged location had been previously created,and repeating said calculating, said determining, said comparing, and said merging for one or more additional locations until a number of locations is less than a predetermined threshold.
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Abstract
A system and method for homogeneously merging locations in a telecommunications network including: calculating a characteristic of a carrier at a first location and a second location; determining a penalty for excluding the carrier based in part on the characteristic; comparing the penalty determined to a preselected value; and, if the penalty is less than the preselected value, merging the first location and the second location, thereby forming a merged location.
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1. A method for merging locations, comprising:
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calculating a first characteristic of at least one carrier at a first location and a second location; determining a first penalty for excluding said carrier based at least in part on said first characteristic; comparing said first penalty to a first preselected value; merging said first location and said second location if said first penalty is less than said first preselected value, thereby forming a first merged location; if said first penalty is not less than said first preselected value calculating a second characteristic of said carrier at a third location and at a fourth location; determining a second penalty for excluding said carrier based at least in part on said second characteristic; comparing said second penalty to said first penalty; and if said second penalty is less than said first penalty, merging said third location with said fourth location, or if said second penalty is greater than said first penalty merging said first location with said second location, or if said first penalty and said second penalty are the same creating a bias favoring said first merged location if said first merged location had been previously created, and repeating said calculating, said determining, said comparing, and said merging for one or more additional locations until a number of locations is less than a predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for merging locations, comprising:
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a processing unit; and a memory that contains a program that controls said processing unit to perform operations of; calculating a first characteristic of a carrier at a first location and a second location; determining a first penalty for excluding said carrier based at least in part on said first characteristic; comparing said first penalty to a first preselected value; merging said first location and said second location if said first penalty is less than said first preselected value, thereby creating a first merged location; if said first penalty is not less than said first preselected value, calculating a second characteristic of said carrier at a third location and at a fourth location; determining a second penalty for excluding said carrier based at least in part on said second characteristic; comparing said second penalty to said first penalty; and if said second penalty is less than said first penalty, merging said third location with said fourth location, or if said second penalty is greater than said first penalty merging said first location with said second location, or if said first penalty and said second penalty are the same creating a bias favoring said first merged location if said first merged location had been previously created, and repeating said calculating, said determining, said comparing, and said merging for one or more additional locations until a number of locations is less than a predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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Current AssigneeIDT Corporation
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Original AssigneeIDT Corporation
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InventorsRelis, Jerome, Gutman, Moshe
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Primary Examiner(s)KASSIM, KHALED M
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Application NumberUS12/745,476Publication NumberTime in Patent Office2,643 DaysField of Search370/331, 370/328, 370/338, 455/456.1, 455/456.5, 455/67.11, 455/405, 455/408US Class Current370/352CPC Class CodesH04L 12/12 Arrangements for remote con...H04W 4/24 Accounting or billingH04W 40/20 based on geographic positio...Y02D 30/50 in wire-line communication ...
