Procedure, apparatus, system, and computer program for network planning

摘要

A method, apparatus, system, and computer program, for operating a network planning tool. The method includes recognizing at least one predetermined criteria being satisfied or triggered, and learning at least one network attribute, to be used in subsequent network planning. Various types of network attributes can be learned, such as, e.g., network element parameters, site parameters, link parameters, demand parameters, optical parameters, general parameters, and networking parameters. Example attributes may specify, e.g., a maximum number of add/drop channels, at least one alarm threshold, a maximum number of sites per network ring, a maximum number of add/drop sites per ring, and a maximum ring circumference. Others can specify a maximum light path distance, a routing tendency, at least one grooming node, or the like.

主权项

1. A method for operating a network planning tool, comprising:
recognizing the occurrence of individual ones of a plurality of predetermined events, on an event-by-event basis; correlating the individual ones of the predetermined events recognized as having occurred with respective, corresponding ones of a plurality of current network attribute values, each current network attribute value being correlated to in the correlating in response to a corresponding one of the predetermined events being recognized as having occurred in the recognizing; selectively learning individual ones of the current network attribute values as they are correlated to in the correlating, wherein for each current network attribute value correlated to, the learning includes converting only that current network attribute value, and not all of the network attribute values, from a variable into a constant default value and storing that constant default value; and performing network planning operations employing learned ones of the current network attribute values until there is further recognizing of the occurrence of individual ones of the predetermined events.