Patent ID: 8570875
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A computing device-implemented method, the method comprising: receiving, by a processor of the computing device, network configuration information from a network, determining, by the processor, a logical network based on the network configuration information, constructing, by the processor, a mixed integer programming (MIP) model based on the new capacity model, the entrance facility capacity model, and the incumbent capacity model of the logical network; calculating, by the processor, an optimal baseline solution, that minimizes network costs, using the mixed integer programming (MIP) model; performing, by the processor, an automatic collocation optimization procedure, on an existing configuration of the network and based on the optimal baseline solution, to produce a ranked list of optimal collocation solutions for the network; and providing the ranked list of optimal collocation solutions to the network for implementation.