BACKHAUL OPTIMIZATION FOR TRAFFIC AGGREGATION

摘要

An apparatus and method for producing a traffic aggregation map for a telecommunications network where the network has at least one aggregation node and a plurality of access nodes. A computing device receives information regarding the identity of each node in the network and determines cost information relating to pairs of the nodes. The cost information may be calculated by the computing device or received as input, or a combination of the two. Cost information is also assigned for each pair consisting of an aggregation node and a super node, which is not one of the aggregation or access nodes. To produce the map, the computing device calculates a minimum spanning tree interconnecting all of the nodes including the super node. Disregarding in most cases the connections terminating at the super node, the remaining connections are displayed on a display device, preferably superimposed on a geographic map.