US 12,483,814 B1
Systems and methods for qualifying on-ramp facilities in networking systems
Ryan C. Bennett, Arlington, WA (US); and Jeremy S. Papke, Monroe, WA (US)
Assigned to FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/800,632.
Int. Cl. H04Q 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 41/0806 (2022.01)
CPC H04Q 11/0067 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0081 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0086 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for qualifying on-ramp facilities for a new service location of a passive optical network (PON), the system comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more memories storing a set of computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:
obtain an indication of the new service location and an indication of a set of required services to be provided by the PON at the new service location;
filter, based on geospatial coordinates of the new service location and a two-dimensional geographical search boundary, a set of on-ramp facilities of the PON to obtain a group of candidate on-ramp facilities for the new service location, the set of on-ramp facilities including at least one splice point of a respective optical fiber, and each candidate on-ramp facility of the group being (i) optically connected to a respective serving office via a respective physical polyline route within the PON and (ii) disposed at a different geographical location within the two-dimensional geographical search boundary;
select, from among the group of candidate on-ramp facilities, an on-ramp facility for providing the set of required services to the new service location, the selection based on the set of required services at the new service location and historical usages of the respective physical polyline route, the historical usages including at least one of: historical bandwidth or historical availability; and
transmit, by the PON, one or more services from a serving office of the PON to the new service location via the selected on-ramp facility.