System and method for designing a customized switched metro Ethernet data network
First Claim
1. A method for automatically designing a switched metro Ethernet data network, the method comprising:
- receiving data network information;
receiving customer demand information;
receiving equipment information;
receiving at least one design constraint;
automatically establishing a potential topology design for the switched metro Ethernet data network at least partially based on the data network information, the customer demand information, the equipment information, the at least one design constraint, or a combination thereof.
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Abstract
A method for automatically designing a switched metro Ethernet data is provided. During execution of the method, data network information, customer demand information, equipment information, and at least one design constraint is received. Based thereon, a potential topology design for the switched metro Ethernet data network is automatically established. The potential topology for the switched metro Ethernet data network can be a tree topology that is rooted at a predetermined hub node and that has a plurality of leaves. Each leaf is located at a customer location. In a particular embodiment, an aggregation node is placed at the hub node. Further, an aggregation node is placed at a predetermined redundant hub node. Additionally, an aggregation node is placed at another location in the tree topology.
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35 Claims
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1. A method for automatically designing a switched metro Ethernet data network, the method comprising:
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receiving data network information;
receiving customer demand information;
receiving equipment information;
receiving at least one design constraint;
automatically establishing a potential topology design for the switched metro Ethernet data network at least partially based on the data network information, the customer demand information, the equipment information, the at least one design constraint, or a combination thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for designing a switched metro Ethernet data network, the method comprising:
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establishing a non-redundant tree topology for a switched metro Ethernet data network at least partially within a set of existing nodes; and
at least partially based on an availability constraint, adding at least one redundant connection to the non-redundant tree topology. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for designing a switched metro Ethernet data network, the system comprising:
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a computer processor;
a computer readable memory accessible to the computer processor; and
a computer program embedded within the memory for designing a switched metro Ethernet data network, the computer program;
instructions to receive one or more user inputs related to the switched metro Ethernet data network;
instructions to generate a non-redundant tree topology for the switched metro Ethernet data network at least partially based on the one or more user inputs;
instructions to add one or more redundant connections to the non-redundant tree topology to create a design; and
instructions to output at least one design output related to the design. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A switched metro Ethernet data network, the network comprising:
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at least one hub node;
a plurality of customer nodes connected to the hub node to establish a tree topology;
wherein;
a design of the tree topology is generated using a switched metro Ethernet data network design tool, the switched metro Ethernet data network design tool comprising;
instructions to generate a non-redundant tree topology for the switched metro Ethernet data network at least partially based on one or more user inputs; and
instructions to add one or more redundant connections to the non-redundant tree topology to create the design. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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33. The data network of 32, wherein the switched metro Ethernet data network design tool further comprises:
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instructions to initialize a tree topology to contain the at least one hub node;
instructions to locate a first customer node within the plurality of customer nodes that is proximate to the hub node; and
instructions to connect the first customer node to the hub node.
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34. The data network of 33, wherein the switched metro Ethernet data network design tool further comprises:
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instructions to locate a second customer node within the set of customer nodes that is next proximate to the hub node; and
instructions to connect the second customer node to the first hub node.
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35. The data network of 34, wherein the switched metro Ethernet data network design tool further comprises:
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instructions to determine a first path from a customer node to the parent node of the customer node; and
instructions to connect the customer node to a next closest node other than the parent node by a second path that is different from the first path.
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