Patent ID: 8284698

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions executable by at least one processing device, the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising: one or more instructions for receiving geospatial data related to a point associated with a node to be connected to a network; one or more instructions for receiving a network plan that includes the point and a list of linear facilities associated with links of the network, where the point is not connected to the linear facilities; one or more instructions for determining, based on the geospatial data, a closest one of the linear facilities to the point; one or more instructions for determining, based on the geospatial data, a distance from the point to the closest one of the linear facilities; one or more instructions for comparing the distance to a threshold value, where the threshold value is associated with a change in signal strength of the closest one of the linear facilities caused by extending a loop vertex from the closest one of the linear facilities to the point; and one or more instructions for modifying the network plan to connect the node to the network, where the one or more instructions for modifying the network plan include: one or more instructions for extending the loop vertex from the closest one of the linear facilities to the point based on the comparison, where the loop vertex comprises an additional portion of linear facility that connects a first point of the closest one of the linear facilities to the point and the point to a second point of the closest one of the linear facilities to substantially form an open triangle that protrudes from the closest one of the linear facilities.