Patent ID: 8510150

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: assigning, by a processor included in a fiber to the premises (“FTTP”) network modeling system, a cost factor to each of a plurality of street segments within a geospatial polyline map of a fiber optic network service area, each street segment within the plurality of street segments being a potential path segment along which one or more fiber optic cables are to be run in an FTTP network; receiving, by the processor included in the FTTP network modeling system, input representative of a geospatial location of each of a plurality of FTTP demand sites; automatically determining, by the processor included in the FTTP network modeling system, a least cost path along one or more of the street segments for each of the FTTP demand sites to a central office included in the FTTP network in accordance with the assigned cost factors; automatically determining, by the processor included in the FTTP network modeling system based on the geospatial location of each of the FTTP demand sites and on the automatically determined least cost paths, a demand associated with each street segment included in the plurality of street segments; automatically determining, by the processor included in the FTTP network modeling system based on the automatically determined demand associated with each street segment included in the plurality of street segments and in accordance with a predetermined hub size selection heuristic, a geospatial location and a size of a plurality of fiber distribution hubs to be included in the FTTP network; and presenting, in a graphical user interface by the processor included in the FTTP network modeling system, data representative of at least one of the demand associated with each street segment, the geospatial location of the plurality of fiber distribution hubs, and the size of the plurality of fiber distribution hubs.