US 12,438,767 B2
Optimal placement of aggregator equipment in telecommunication networks
Lev B. Sofman, Allen, TX (US); and David Curran, Simpsonville, SC (US)
Assigned to FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/135,442.
Application 18/135,442 is a continuation of application No. 17/855,900, filed on Jul. 1, 2022, granted, now 11,632,289, issued on Apr. 18, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0007343 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 41/0631 (2022.01); H04L 41/0823 (2022.01); H04L 41/0896 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/065 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0823 (2013.01); H04L 41/0896 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, as an input, information corresponding to resource capacity of one or more types of traffic aggregator units and resource demands generated by a plurality of access nodes;
calculating, based on the input, an optimized traffic aggregation configuration comprising an optimized group of the one or more types of traffic aggregator units;
modifying, based on the optimized traffic aggregation configuration, a network connectivity configuration corresponding to a plurality of network sites; and
routing, based on the modified network connectivity configuration, network traffic via the optimized group of the one or more types of traffic aggregator units;
wherein the modifying or routing is performed by one or more computers.