Patent Document ID: 8914304
Application ID: 13908383
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A system comprising: at least one telecommunication modeling application configured to: determine a plurality of equipment quantities having capacity to satisfy a plurality of switch design parameters descriptive of at least one model telecommunication switch, said at least one model telecommunication switch being representative of at least one actual telecommunication switch; calculate a plurality of model investments associated with said plurality of equipment quantities; make at least one of said plurality of equipment quantities and said plurality of investments available to a user at a hardware component level; have a “what-if” input that is descriptive of a telecommunication switch configuration, identify a “best-fit” model investment that is associated to a “best-fit” equipment quantity from said plurality of equipment quantities and that has the capacity to satisfy said telecommunication switch configuration; and use said “best-fit” model investment when forming a plurality of weighted investments that is specific to said telecommunication switch configuration.