Systems and methods for modeling telecommunication switch investments

US8914304B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Verizon Patent and Licensing 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 Gunther · Colleyville, US
• James Hassenzahl · Euless, 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: Jun 3, 2013
• Grant date: Dec 16, 2014
• Expiry date: Jun 3, 2033

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.