A device receives Long Term Evolution (LTE) architecture information, Internet protocol (IP) network architecture information, and transport network information, and determines traffic patterns of a LTE network based on the LTE architecture information. The device also generates proposed LTE metropolitan optical transport networks (OTNs) based on the determined traffic patterns and one or more of the LTE architecture information, the IP network architecture information, and the transport network information. The device further determines transit switching for the proposed LTE metropolitan OTNs, and selects, from the proposed LTE metropolitan OTNs, a metropolitan OTN optimized for the LTE network.