US 5,270,919 A · Network planning tool

Abstract

A computer is provided with a network planning facility, which displays in map form a network comprising a plurality of nodes each serving a plurality of subtending nodes, and in which the network is characterized by data stored in the computer. The operation of the planning facility is initiated in response to a user entering an appropriate command. Specifically, responsive to the command, the computer displays a plurality of symbols representing respective ones of the nodes, in which each such symbol is arranged so that it is indicative of the number of traffic terminations at its associated node. The user may then select, in a conventional manner, one of the displayed symbols and then invoke either an automatic mode or a manual mode. In the automatic mode, the computer itself develops a plan for rehoming to another network node individual ones of the subtending nodes associated with the selected node, in which the rehomed subtending nodes are selected based on their having a predetermined traffic relationship with the other node. In the manual mode, it is the user, rather than the computer, which develops the rehoming plan.

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Dependent claims

A dynamic graphics arrangement for use in a computer having a display, said display being employed to display data characterizing a predetermined network formed from a plurality of subtending nodes and a plurality of concentration nodes, said arrangement comprising

means, responsive to receipt of a predetermined request inputted by a user of said computer, for displaying on said display a plurality of symbols representing respective ones of said subtending and concentration nodes, ones of said displayed subtending nodes being assigned to at least a first one of said displayed concentration nodes, said ones of said subtending nodes having respective traffic relationships with said first concentration node and with at least another second one of said concentration nodes, in which each of said traffic relationships is characterized by a respective level,
means, responsive to said user selecting said first concentration node, for determining which ones of the subtending nodes have a higher level of said traffic relationship with said second concentration node than with said first concentration node and for then reassigning those of said ones of said subtending nodes having said higher level to said second node, and
means for displaying on said display the effect of said reassignment.

A method of displaying on a display associated with a computer the effect of deloading a communications node, said display being employed to display data characterizing a predetermined network comprising a plurality of communications nodes including concentration and subtending nodes, said method comprising the steps of

responding to receipt of a predetermined request inputted by a user of said computer by displaying on said display a plurality of symbols representing respective ones of said concentration and subtending nodes, each of said concentration nodes being associated with a plurality of said subtending nodes, said subtending nodes having predetermined traffic relationships with their associated concentration node and with at least another one of said concentration nodes, in which each of said traffic relationships is characterized by a respective level,
responding to said user selecting one of said concentration nodes by determining which ones of the subtending nodes associated with said selected concentration node have a higher level of said traffic relationship with said at least one other concentration node than with said selected concentration node, and
reassigning those of said ones of the subtending nodes having said higher level to said at least one other concentration node.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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