Patent Document ID: 10117109
Application ID: 15239702
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method to determine placement of one or more telecommunication equipment comprising the steps of: constructing, at a computing device, based on given network parameters and service requirements of a network, using a genetic algorithm, an initial population of possible solutions that are each encoded as a chromosome, wherein each solution of the possible solutions pertains to a specific deployment of the one or more telecommunication equipment; iteratively performing, at said computing device, crossover operations comprising selecting two chromosomes and exchanging features of the two chromosomes to obtain daughter chromosomes as additional possible solutions to increase optimality of the chromosomes, based on a combination of cost of placement of the one or more telecommunication equipment and number of telecommunication equipment to be placed as well as the length of the paths over which traffic is routed; and identifying, at the computing device, based on the iterative crossover operations, a most optimal chromosome as a final solution for the placement of the one or more telecommunication equipment to minimize network cost, maximize network utilization, and meet Service Level Agreements (SLA) for a given network topology and demand requirements.