Fiber to the premises network modeling systems and methods

A system comprising:

• at least one computing device including a processor and comprising:
• a path module configured to
• assign a cost factor to each of a plurality of street segments within a geospatial polyline map of a fiber optic network service area, each street segment within the plurality of street segments being a potential path segment associated with a plurality of fiber optic cables along which one or more fiber optic cables are to be run in a fiber to the premises (“FTTP”) network,
• receive input representative of a geospatial location of each of a plurality of FTTP demand sites, and
• automatically determine a least cost path along one or more of the street segments for each of the FTTP demand sites to a central office included in the FTTP network in accordance with the assigned cost factors;
• a demand module communicatively coupled to the path module and configured to automatically determine, based on the geospatial location of each of the FTTP demand sites and on the automatically determined least cost paths, a demand associated with each street segment included in the plurality of street segments;
• and
• a fiber distribution hub selection module communicatively coupled to the path module and the demand module and configured to automatically determine, based on the automatically determined demand associated with each street segment included in the plurality of street segments and in accordance with a predetermined hub size selection heuristic, a geospatial location and a size of a plurality of fiber distribution hubs to be included in the FTTP network.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions configured to direct at least one computing device to:

• assign a cost factor to each of a plurality of street segments within a geospatial polyline map of a fiber optic network service area, each street segment within the plurality of street segments being a potential path segment along which one or more fiber optic cables are to be run in a fiber to the premises (“FTTP”) network;
• receive input representative of a geospatial location of each of a plurality of FTTP demand sites;
• automatically determine a least cost path along one or more of the street segments for each of the FTTP demand sites to a central office included in the FTTP network in accordance with the assigned cost factors;
• automatically determine, based on the geospatial location of each of the FTTP demand sites and on the automatically determined least cost paths, a demand associated with each street segment included in the plurality of street segments;
• and
• automatically determine, based on the automatically determined demand associated with each street segment included in the plurality of street segments and in accordance with a predetermined hub size selection heuristic, a geospatial location and a size of a plurality of fiber distribution hubs to be included in the FTTP network.