Systems and methods for modeling telecommunication switch investments

US8478669B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignees

• Verizon Services Corp. · US
• VERIZON CORPORATE SERVICES GROUP INC. · US

Inventors

• Christopher Coates · Paterson, US
• Robert Colamussi · Huntington, US
• Louis Botte · Rockville Centre, US
• Robert Johnson · Palo Alto, US
• Cesar Davila · Carrollton, US
• Laura Jaquez · Lewisville, US
• Jon Baggett · Mansfield, US
• Vanessa Bell · Irving, US
• James Hassenzahl · Euless, US
• James Gunther · Colleyville, US
• Nancy Matt · Montville, US
• Elvira Djonovic · Hicksville, US
• Michael Joedecke · New York, US
• Esther Fong · New York, US
• Fredrick Miller · Whitman, US
• Joan Engler · Freehold, US
• Dennis Adams · Farmers Branch, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 2, 2005
• Grant date: Jul 2, 2013
• Expiry date: Jul 22, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W84/06
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In one of many possible embodiments, a system is provided for modeling telecommunication switch investments. The exemplary system includes a telecommunication switch modeling application configured to determine equipment quantities having capacity to satisfy switch design parameters descriptive of at least one model telecommunication switch, and calculate model investments associated with the equipment quantities. The exemplary system also includes a telecommunication switch investment modeling application configured to weight the model investments in accordance with at least one of a network parameter descriptive of an actual telecommunication switch and a “what-if” input descriptive of a hypothetical telecommunication switch configuration to form weighted investments that are specific to at least one of the actual telecommunication switch and the hypothetical telecommunication switch configuration.