Service provider network migration

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016212222-A1
Application number	US-201414423740-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 7, 2014
Priority date	Oct 8, 2013
Publication date	Jul 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A service provider network migration system migrate services from a first network infrastructure to a second network infrastructure. A joined circuits dataset is created that associates circuits in the first network infrastructure with a service provided by the circuit and a customer receiving the service via the first network infrastructure. A product mappings dataset is created that maps each service in the first network infrastructure to at least one target service to be provided in the second network infrastructure. A migration sequencing server creates a migration plan according to the information in the datasets, and forecasts for customer migration rate and revenue generation for the target services are estimated. A provisioning server configures parameters for the circuits in the second network infrastructure via a network according to the migration plan to deploy the target services in the second network infrastructure.

First claim

1 . A system to migrate network services from a first network infrastructure to a second network infrastructure, the system comprising:
the first network infrastructure comprising a first set of circuits providing voice and data services over a network to customer premises; and a service provider network migration system including at least one inventory and provisioning server to capture data from the plurality of circuits in the first network infrastructure and to configure circuits in the second network infrastructure, wherein the service provider network migration system includes at least one migration sequencing server to access one or more databases storing
a provisioned circuits dataset including information for the plurality of circuits in the first network infrastructure; and
a billing dataset including information for customers at the customer premises,
wherein the migration sequencing server comprises:
a modeler and reconcilator generating a joined circuits dataset from the information in the provisioned circuits dataset and the billing dataset, the joined circuits dataset associating each of the plurality of circuits in the first network infrastructure with at least one voice or data service provided by the circuit and a customer receiving the at least one voice or data service;
a migration plan creator to receive migration parameters for migrating the voice and data services from the first technology infrastructure to target services in the second technology infrastructure, the migration parameters including sequencing information for migration to the target services in the second network infrastructure,
wherein the migration plan creator creates a migration plan for migrating the voice and data services to the target services in the second network infrastructure based on the joined circuits dataset and the migration parameters, wherein the migration plan includes a sequence for the migration;
a simulator determining forecasts for customer migration rate and revenue generation for the target services based on the migration plan, historic customer migration data and attributes of customers subscribed to the voice and data services provided in the first network infrastructure; and a scenario plan scorer generating scores for the migration plan based on metrics determined for the migration plan and the forecasts, wherein the metrics include at least a plurality of: customer migration impact level, complexity for migration to the second network infrastructure, size based on number of circuits in the second network infrastructure, migration costs, salvage recovery, and return on investment; wherein if the migration plan is selected for implementation based on the forecasts, the inventory and provisioning server configures parameters for the circuits in the second network infrastructure via a network according to the migration plan to deploy the target services in the second network infrastructure.

2 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the migration sequencing server determines and stores a product mappings dataset in the one or more databases, wherein the product mappings dataset comprises a mapping for each of the voice and data services to at least one the target services, and the migration plan creator determines the at least one the target service for each of the voice and data services and pricing for the at least one the target service to include in the migration plan from the product mappings dataset.

3 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the service provider network migration system stores datasets indicating availability of transport infrastructure for the target services, availability of the target services in the second network infrastructure, and contract constraints for the target services, and the migration plan creator determines the sequencing for the migration plan based on the availability of the transport infrastructure, the availability of the target services in the second network infrastructure, and the contract constraints.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the service provider network migration system generates and stores legacy network migration records (LMARs), wherein each LMAR includes a customer subscribing to at least one of the data and voice services in the first network infrastructure, demographics for the customer, a customer service address, a circuit providing the at least one data and voice service in the first network infrastructure, a wire center including the circuit that services the customer, a billing rate and revenue generated for the at least one data and voice service at least record, and at least of the target services mapped to the at least one data and voice service,
wherein the migration plan and the forecasts are determined from the LMARs.

5 . (canceled)

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the simulator simulates a plurality of migration plans, and determines forecasts for each migration plan, and the scenario plan scorer determines a score for each migration plan based on the simulations, wherein the scores are compared to prioritize the migration plans according to the scores and are presented via a dashboard indicating the priority.

7 . A service provider network migration system to migrate services from a first network infrastructure to a second network infrastructure, the system comprising:
one or more databases storing
a joined circuits dataset associating each of a plurality of circuits in the first network infrastructure with a service provided by the circuit and a customer receiving the service,
a product mappings dataset including a mapping for each service in the first network infrastructure to at least one target service of a plurality of target services to be provided in the second network infrastructure, and
legacy network migration records (LMARs), wherein each LMAR includes customer information for a customer, any services subscribed to by the customer in the first network infrastructure, a circuit in the first network infrastructure providing each service subscribed to by the customer, a wire center including the circuit that services the customer, revenue information associated with revenue generated by the subscribed service, and at least of the target services mapped to each subscribed service; and
at least one migration sequencing server comprising: a modeler and reconcilator generating the joined circuits dataset; a migration plan creator to receive migration parameters for migrating the services from the first technology infrastructure to the target services in the second technology infrastructure, the migration parameters including sequencing information for migration of the plurality of circuits in the first network infrastructure to the circuits in the second network infrastructure providing the target services,
wherein the migration plan creator creates a migration plan for migrating to the target services in the second network infrastructure based on the joined circuits dataset, the product mappings dataset, the LMARs and the migration parameters, wherein the migration plan includes a sequence for migrating to the target services in the second network infrastructure;
a simulator determining forecasts for customer migration rate and revenue generation for the target services based on the migration plan, historic customer migration data and attributes of the customers; and a scenario plan scorer generating scores for the migration plan based on metrics determined for the migration plan and the forecasts, wherein the metrics include at least a plurality of: customer migration impact level, complexity for migration to the second network infrastructure, size based on number of circuits in the second network infrastructure, migration costs, salvage recovery, and return

Assignees

• Bultema Paul J
• Gan John A
• Dadoly Stephen M
• Gewirtz William L
• Chan Christopher Yen Chu
• Bolze John D
• Guan Lan
• Accenture Global Services Ltd

Inventors

• Bultema Paul J
• Morgan John A
• Dadoly Stephen M
• Gewirtz William L
• Chan Chritopher Yen-Chu
• Bolze John D
• Guan Lan

Classifications

• H04L41/084 Primary

  Configuration by using pre-existing information, e.g. using templates or copying from other elements · CPC title

• H04L41/0813 Primary

  characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings · CPC title

• H04L41/5045

  Making service definitions prior to deployment · CPC title

• H04L41/5058

  Service discovery by the service manager · CPC title

• H04L67/34

  involving the movement of software or configuration parameters  (network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416) · CPC title