Systems and methods for communications node upgrade and selection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11700539-B2
Application number	US-202117562472-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2021
Priority date	Feb 20, 2019
Publication date	Jul 11, 2023
Grant date	Jul 11, 2023

Abstract

Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for intelligent node type selection in a telecommunications network. In one implementation, a customer set is obtained for a communications node in the telecommunications network. The customer set includes an existing customer set and a new customer set. A set of customer events is generated for a node type of the communications node using a simulator. The set of customer events is generated by simulating the customer set over time through a discrete event simulation. An impact of the customer events is modeled for the node type of the communications node. The node type is identified from a plurality of node types for a telecommunications build based on the impact of the customer events for the node type.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for providing telecommunications services in a telecommunications network, the method comprising:
obtaining a plurality of customer parameters for a customer population associated with the telecommunications network;
obtaining a plurality of site parameters for sites associated with the customer population of the telecommunications network;
generating a site key having at least one of a subset of the plurality of customer parameters or a subset of the plurality of site parameters, the site key providing a modeling input for a segment of the customer population associated with the telecommunication services;
generating a simulation set for the site key, the simulation set including a plurality of simulations for the site key, each of the plurality of simulations having a set of customer events for a telecommunications build type, the set of customer events generated by simulating a customer set for the site key over time through a discrete event simulation; and
storing the simulation set in at least one database, each of the plurality of simulations in the simulation set selectable to generate a telecommunications build plan for providing the telecommunications services to a telecommunications buildable area of the telecommunications network,
wherein the plurality of customer parameters correspond to characteristics of customers in the customer population of the telecommunication network, the customers including a combination of existing customers, new customers, and potential customers.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the discrete event simulation is one of a plurality of discrete event simulations with the set of customer events being an average of a plurality of customer events generated through the plurality of discrete event simulations.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of customer parameters includes one or more of income level, age, and education level of the customers.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of site parameters correspond to characteristics of the sites associated with the customer population of the telecommunications network, the sites including at least one of existing sites, new sites, or proposed sites.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the plurality of site parameters includes one or more of ownership status, connection type, service type, occupancy status, unit type, and node type of a communications node for the sites.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the node type of the communications node includes at least one of copper-fed internet protocol (CoIP), fiber to the node (FTTN), or fiber to the premise (FTTP).

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the unit type includes at least one of a multiple dwelling unit, a single family unit, a living unit, a business unit, or a customer unit.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein ownership status includes leased or owned.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the telecommunications build type is: a base build; a brownfield build; or a greenfield build, and the plurality of simulations for the site key include one or more of: a base build with no customers simulation; a base build with existing customers simulation; a brownfield build with no customers simulation; a brownfield build with existing customers simulation; a greenfield build with no customers simulation; and a greenfield build with existing customers simulation.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the customer events include one or more of a customer count and a revenue curve.

11. A system for providing telecommunications services in a telecommunications network, the system comprising:
the telecommunications network;
sites associated with customer population associated with the telecommunications network;
at least one database; and
an intelligence platform having at least one computing unit in communication with the at least one database, the intelligence platform
obtaining a plurality of customer parameters for the customer population associated with the telecommunications network,
obtaining a plurality of site parameters for the sites associated with the customer population of the telecommunications network,
generating a site key having at least one of a subset of the plurality of customer parameters or a subset of the plurality of site parameters, the site key providing a modeling input for a segment of the customer population associated with the telecommunication services,
generating a simulation set for the site key, the simulation set including a plurality of simulations for the site key, each of the plurality of simulations having a set of customer events for a telecommunications build type, the set of customer events generated by simulating a customer set for the site key over time through a discrete event simulation, and
storing the simulation set in the at least one database, each of the plurality of simulations in the simulation set selectable to generate a telecommunications build plan for providing the telecommunications services to a telecommunications buildable area of the telecommunications network,

wherein the plurality of customer parameters correspond to characteristics of customers in the customer population of the telecommunication network, the customers including a combination of existing customers, new customers, and potential customers.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of customer parameters includes one or more of income level, age, and education level of the customers.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of site parameters correspond to characteristics of the sites associated with the customer population of the telecommunications network, the sites including at least one of existing sites, new sites, or proposed sites.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of site parameters includes one or more of ownership status, connection type, service type, occupancy status, unit type, and node type of a communications node for the sites.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the node type of the communications node includes at least one of copper-fed internet protocol (CoIP), fiber to the node (FTTN), or fiber to the premise (FTTP).

16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the unit type includes at least one of a multiple dwelling unit, a single family unit, a living unit, a business unit, or a customer unit.

17. The system of claim 14 , wherein ownership status includes leased or owned.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the telecommunications build type is: a base build; a brownfield build; or a greenfield build, and the plurality of simulations for the site key include one or more of: a base build with no customers simulation; a base build with existing customers simulation; a brownfield build with no customers simulation; a brownfield build with existing customers simulation; a greenfield build with no customers simulation; and a greenfield build with existing customers simulation.

Assignees

• Level 3 Communications Llc

Inventors

• Gray William
• Sayre James
• Limburg Stephen

Classifications

• H04Q11/0067

  Provisions for optical access or distribution networks, e.g. Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (GE-PON), ATM-based Passive Optical Network (A-PON), PON-Ring · CPC title

• H04L41/145 Primary

  involving simulating, designing, planning or modelling of a network · CPC title

• G06Q10/04

  Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem" (market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities G06Q30/0202) · CPC title

• H04L41/0893

  Assignment of logical groups to network elements · CPC title

• H04W24/02

  Arrangements for optimising operational condition · CPC title