Patent ID: 6223220
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method of designing a computer network, the method comprising:(a) selecting a plurality of site objects, each site object being an object-based computer representation of a corresponding physical site and at least one of said physical sites is a new site not previously physically included in the computer network.(b) defining network traffic demands between said new site and at least some of the other physical sites;(c) selecting a service object, said service object being an object-based computer representation of a network service for transmitting data between physical sites including the new site, and associating said service object with at least some of the selected site objects; and(d) without simulating operation of the network, calculating a network topology including the new site as a site in the network and based on the network traffic demands and the properties of the service object, and producing a physical connectivity map representative of hardware circuits linking physical sites, including the new site, from the calculated network topology.