Patent ID: 8924555

Claim:
A method comprising: obtaining, by a device, decommission and consolidation information pertaining to a network, wherein the decommission and consolidation information includes network configuration information, wherein the decommission and consolidation information includes network element information, financial information that includes customer billing information, lease contract information that includes penalty information for disconnecting before the lease expires, network element utilization information, cost information including cost of each leased network element and subtending cost, and hubbing restrictions that limit circuit re-homing based on local exchange carrier-imposed rules; selecting, by the device, a network element included in the decommission and consolidation information, wherein the network element is a leased network element; calculating, by the device, a break-even value associated with the network element, wherein the break-even value is based on monetary penalties associated with terminating a lease of the network element before a term of the lease expires and a total cost associated with the leased network element; comparing, by the device, the break-even value to a threshold break-even value; simulating, by the device, a move of a demand associated with the network element to another network element in response to the break-even value being less than the threshold break-even value based on the comparing; storing, by the device, simulation data that includes the move; and outputting, by the device, the simulation data to another device to reconfigure the network based on the simulation data.