US 6,185,193 B2 · Designing system and method for computer-aided access communication networks

Abstract

An access communication network to make possible automatic designing a lower cost access communication network under various constraints by using existing equipment on the basis of demand information is to be provided. The equipment is classified into communication equipment and civil-engineered equipment; information is given, before automatic designing, as to whether each item of equipment is to be deleted or its position is fixed to use its unoccupied capacity; and allows the designer to freely define an eligible deployment site for the equipment and thereby to calculate the configuration of a low deployment cost access communication network and civil-engineered equipment needed therefor. First, equipment information is read in (21), parameters including the number of current additional demands, the cost of each equipment item and the design policy are defined (22), the communication/civil-engineered equipment items are edited if necessary (24), designation is given for each equipment item whether or not to use it in automatic designing by an addition formula (24), and a low deployment cost access communication network is calculated by fixing the positions of those items of equipment for which the addition designing mode is designated and using them as being free of additional equipment cost.

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Dependent claims

An access communication network designing system for automatically calculating the configuration of an access communication network to reduce the deployment cost and its deployment position form geographical information within the design area, subscription demand information, equipment information and design parameter information including the initial accommodation rate, comprising:

equipment defining means for defining positional information and equipment information, making distinction between communication equipment including apparatuses, cables, and management or control systems, and civil-engineered equipment including ducts and aerial wiring;
eligible deployment site defining means for defining a site where the communication and/or civil-engineered equipment can be deployed;
and
automatic designing means for automatically calculating the configuration of a low deployment cost assess communication network and civil-engineered equipment needed therefor by an addition formula which, on the basis of edit inputs or already automatically calculated equipment information, prohibits any shift or deletion of existing equipment and thereby keeps already accommodated lines unaffected.

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