AbstractPlanning and Engineering Convergence Track: Telecommunications Author(s): Matthew Herdlein Network planning and engineering solutions are now being designed to support operational data consistency and take advantage of new technologies or changes in the business paradigm such as e-commerce. Network planning and engineering solutions must enable the operator to utilize new technology improvements and collapsing processes to increase efficiencies to meet market demands. These solutions will bring network planning, design, network inventory, and bandwidth data sets together to improve the workflow, customer satisfaction and optimize capital expenditures. Matthew Herdlein Telcordia Technologies 444 Hoes Lane - 4A929 Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA Phone: 732 699 6536 Fax: 732 336 4157 E-mail: mherdlei@telcordia.com |