Patent ID: 7792271

Claim:
A method of optimizing a configuration of a plurality of devices in a central office in a telecommunications environment, said method comprising: obtaining a plurality of specifications, each specification being associated with a mediation device of a plurality of mediation devices; generating a configuration of said plurality of mediation devices and a plurality of legacy devices in a central office; comparing a first specification of said plurality of specifications to a first attribute of a first mediation device of said plurality of mediation devices, wherein said first specification is a first maximum length indicating a length of a communication link capable of connecting said first mediation device to a first legacy device of a first set of one or more legacy devices of said plurality of legacy devices, wherein a second maximum length indicates a length of a communication link capable of connecting a second mediation device of said plurality of mediation devices to a second legacy device of a second set of one or more legacy devices of said plurality of legacy devices, wherein said first attribute is a first distance between said first legacy device and said first mediation device, said first legacy device to be connected to said first mediation device in said configuration; and updating said configuration responsive to said comparing said first specification, wherein said updating facilitates providing an optimized number of mediation devices in said plurality of mediation devices, and wherein said first distance between said first mediation device and said first legacy device exceeds said first maximum length, said updating being selected from the group consisting of: adding a third mediation device to said plurality of mediation devices and connecting said third mediation device to said first legacy device, wherein a distance from said third mediation device to said first legacy device is less than or equal to said first maximum length, connecting said second mediation device to said first legacy device, wherein a distance from said second mediation device to said first legacy device is less than or equal to said first maximum length, and moving said first mediation device and connecting said first mediation device to said first legacy device, said moving updating said first distance to be less than or equal to said first maximum length.