US 2003/0158765 A1 · Method and apparatus for integrated network planning and business modeling

Abstract

The present invention provides an end-to-end network analysis tool that allows a network consultant to integrate link budget planning calculations with the network planning and business modeling phases of customer proposal generation. This integration provides for significantly reduced calculation times, more accurate business proposals, and the ability to model many different network scenarios. The benefits, savings, reduction in operational and capital costs and all the other elements of network savings relating to business parameters that are discovered may be summarized qualitatively and quantitatively in reports that may be presented to a customer company's senior management, in detailed or summary formats. This allows a network consultant to assist customers in migrating to a more profitable, efficient, effective and end-user driven network, while providing a customer with proof in the strength of their proposed solution and ability to deliver a low cost solution that maximizes the customer's return on investment.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method for performing integrated optical network planning and business modeling, comprising the steps of:

a) obtaining a network configuration based on customer parameters;
b) performing link budget calculations based on said network configuration and customer parameters;
c) generating an equipment list based on said link budget calculations;
d) calculating, based on said equipment list, at least one business parameter associated with implementation of said network configuration;
and
e) storing or displaying data associated with such business parameter.

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