Patent Document ID: 20130091257
Application ID: 13253474
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. 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; selecting, by the device, a network element included in the decommission and consolidation information; calculating, by the device, a break-even value associated with the 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.