Dark fiber design tool for hardware, circuits, and paths

1. A method, comprising:

generating, by a device comprising a processor, a data record, wherein the data record identifies respective ones of a group of dark fiber equipment that have been assigned for a development of new dark fiber network infrastructure for a communication network, and wherein the data record further specifies properties of the respective ones of the group of dark fiber equipment;

establishing, by the device, a set of rules that define permissible interactions between the respective ones of the group of dark fiber equipment associated with the development of the new dark fiber network infrastructure based on the properties of the group of dark fiber equipment as specified by the data record;

building, by the device, a circuit plan associated with the communication network, the circuit plan comprising optical connections between the respective ones of the group of dark fiber equipment as determined based on the data record and the set of rules; and

associating, by the device, respective optical wavelength paths with respective ones of the optical connections of the circuit plan further based on the set of rules.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the group of dark fiber equipment comprises respective optical multiplexers.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the properties of the group of dark fiber equipment as specified by the data record comprise respective port capacities of the respective optical multiplexers, and wherein building the circuit plan comprises constraining a permissible set of optical connections between the respective optical multiplexers based on the respective port capacities.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein establishing the set of rules comprises establishing the set of rules based on optical wavelengths supported by the respective optical multiplexers, and wherein the associating comprises constraining permissible optical wavelengths associated with the respective optical wavelength paths based on the optical wavelengths supported by the respective optical multiplexers.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating, by the device, a bill of materials in response to generating the data record, the bill of materials comprising a listing of the respective ones of the group of dark fiber equipment identified by the data record.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating, by the device, a machine-readable network plan in response to the associating, the machine-readable network plan comprising the properties of the group of dark fiber equipment, the circuit plan, and the respective optical wavelength paths.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

integrating, by the device, the machine-readable network plan with a representation of a network topology for a geographical area in which the wireless communication network is located.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein building the circuit plan comprises building the circuit plan as a circuit type selected from a group of circuits consisting of a ring circuit and a point-to-point circuit.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the optical connections of the circuit plan are of at least one connection type selected from a group of connections consisting of a backhaul connection, a fronthaul connection, and a shorthaul connection.

10. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

producing a data record, wherein the data record identifies respective ones of a group of dark fiber devices that are assigned for implementation in new dark fiber network infrastructure for a communication network, and wherein the data record further specifies properties of the respective ones of the group of dark fiber devices;

establishing a set of rules that define permissible interactions between the respective ones of the group of dark fiber devices associated with the new dark fiber network infrastructure based on the properties of the respective ones of the group of dark fiber devices as given by the data record;

constructing a circuit plan for the communication network, the circuit plan comprising optical connections between the respective ones of the group of dark fiber devices as determined based on the data record and the set of rules; and

assigning respective optical wavelength paths to respective ones of the optical connections of the circuit plan further based on the set of rules.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the group of dark fiber devices comprises respective optical multiplexers.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein:

the properties of the respective ones of the group of dark fiber devices as given by the data record comprise respective port capacities of the respective optical multiplexers; and

the operations further comprise constraining a permissible set of optical connections between the respective optical multiplexers in the circuit plan based on the respective port capacities.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:

establishing the set of rules based on supported optical wavelengths of the respective optical multiplexers; and

constraining permissible optical wavelengths associated with the respective optical wavelength paths based on the supported optical wavelengths of the respective optical multiplexers.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:

generating a bill of materials from the data record, the bill of materials comprising a listing of the respective ones of the group of dark fiber devices identified by the data record.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:

generating a machine-readable network plan comprising properties of the respective ones of the group of dark fiber devices, the circuit plan, and the respective optical wavelength paths.

16. A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

generating a listing of respective ones of a group of dark fiber devices that are associated with a development of new dark fiber network infrastructure for usage via a communication network;

populating the listing with properties of the respective ones of the group of dark fiber devices;

defining a set of rules that define permissible interactions between the respective ones of the group of dark fiber devices associated with the development of the new dark fiber infrastructure based on the properties of the respective ones of the group of dark fiber devices as populated in the listing;

planning respective optical connections between the respective ones of the group of dark fiber devices based on the listing and the set of rules; and

assigning respective optical wavelength paths to respective ones of the optical connections further based on the set of rules.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the group of dark fiber devices comprises respective optical multiplexers.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein:

the properties of the respective ones of the group of dark fiber devices as given by the listing comprise respective port capacities of the respective optical multiplexers; and

the operations further comprise constraining a permissible set of optical connections for the respective optical connections based on the respective port capacities of the respective optical multiplexers.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise:

defining the set of rules based on supported optical wavelengths of the respective optical multiplexers; and

constraining permissible optical wavelengths for the respective optical wavelength paths based on the supported optical wavelengths of the respective optical multiplexers.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise:

generating a bill of materials based on the listing of the respective ones of the group of dark fiber devices.