Patent ID: 8594501

Claim:
A method implemented by a computing device, the method comprising: receiving, by the computing device, Long Term Evolution (LTE) architecture information, Internet protocol (IP) network architecture information, and transport network information; determining, by the computing device, traffic patterns of a LTE network based on the LTE architecture information; generating, by the computing device, proposed LTE metropolitan optical transport networks (OTNs) based on the determined traffic patterns and one or more of the LTE architecture information, the IP network architecture information, and the transport network information; determining, by the computing device, transit switching for the proposed LTE metropolitan OTNs; conducting, by the computing device, a performance test on the proposed LTE metropolitan OTNs; conducting, by the computing device, a cost analysis on the proposed LTE metropolitan OTNs; and selecting, by the computing device and from the proposed LTE metropolitan OTNs, a metropolitan OTN optimized for the LTE network, based on one or more of the transit switching, the performance test, or the cost analysis.