IP Library Granted Patent US 11,706,645
Granted Patent B2
US 11,706,645 · App. 17/562,205 · Granted Jul 18, 2023

Systems and methods for communications node upgrade and selection

Inventors: William Gray (Boulder, CO); James Sayre (Boulder, CO); Stephen Limburg (Boulder, CO)
Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
H04W24/06G06N3/02G06N20/00G06Q10/04H04B10/27H04L12/2861H04L41/0893H04L41/12H04L41/145H04L41/16H04Q3/0025H04Q3/0029H04Q11/0067H04W16/18H04W24/02H04W64/003
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,706,645
App. No.
17/562,205
Granted
Jul 18, 2023
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (15)

1. A telecommunications system comprising:

a wire center deployed in a telecommunications network;

a plurality of sites, each of the sites corresponding to at least one customer of a service provided by the telecommunications network;

a communications node connecting the plurality of sites to the wire center, the communications node having a node type selected based on a model of an impact of customer events for the node type, the customer events generated by simulating a customer set over time through a discrete event simulation; and

an artificial intelligence platform modeling an impact of the customer events for the node type of the communications node, and identifying the node type from a plurality of node types for a telecommunications build based on the impact of the customer events for the node type, wherein

the customer set includes an existing customer set and a new customer set.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the node type is central office fed internet protocol (CoIP), fiber to the node (FTTN), or fiber to the premises (FTTP).

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the new customer set is generated by a neural network based on a new sales rate and an offer distribution.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the node type is associated with a telecommunications build for a buildable area of the telecommunications network.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the telecommunications build for the buildable area is a greenfield build or a brownfield build.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein a customer node is within a buildable area, the set of customer events being generated for the telecommunications build for the buildable area.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the telecommunications build is a Passive Optical Network (PON) overlay.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the telecommunications build is a greenfield build or a brownfield build.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the set of customer events includes one or more of a customer count and a revenue curve.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the discrete event simulation is replicated using a plurality of random seed numbers.

Assignments (3)
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (SECOND LIEN) Recorded Nov 4, 2024
From: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC; GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 069295/0749 →
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (FIRST LIEN) Recorded Nov 4, 2024
From: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC; GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 069295/0858 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2021
From: GRAY, WILLIAM; SAYRE, JAMES; LIMBURG, STEPHEN
To: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 058489/0255 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16795225 · Feb 19, 2020
Provisional Application 62808183 · Feb 20, 2019
Provisional Application 62808189 · Feb 20, 2019
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