Optimization of consolidating entities

摘要

A system and method for homogeneously merging locations in a telecommunications network including: calculating a characteristic of a carrier at a first location and a second location; determining a penalty for excluding the carrier based in part on the characteristic; comparing the penalty determined to a preselected value; and, if the penalty is less than the preselected value, merging the first location and the second location, thereby forming a merged location.

主权项

1. A method for merging locations, comprising:
calculating a first characteristic of at least one carrier at a first location and a second location; determining a first penalty for excluding said carrier based at least in part on said first characteristic; comparing said first penalty to a first preselected value; merging said first location and said second location if said first penalty is less than said first preselected value, thereby forming a first merged location; if said first penalty is not less than said first preselected value calculating a second characteristic of said carrier at a third location and at a fourth location; determining a second penalty for excluding said carrier based at least in part on said second characteristic; comparing said second penalty to said first penalty; and if said second penalty is less than said first penalty, merging said third location with said fourth location, or if said second penalty is greater than said first penalty merging said first location with said second location, or if said first penalty and said second penalty are the same creating a bias favoring said first merged location if said first merged location had been previously created, and repeating said calculating, said determining, said comparing, and said merging for one or more additional locations until a number of locations is less than a predetermined threshold.