GIS based centralized fiber fault localization system

A fiber fault localization system (FFLS) comprising:

• a central office (CO);
• and
• a hardware operatively coupled with the CO, wherein the hardware comprises an OTDR that is configured to measure reflection signatures of one or more customer premises equipments and compare the measured reflection signatures with stored signatures so as to report any abnormality to the CO;
• wherein upon receipt of abnormality information from the OTDR, the CO processes the abnormality information to determine a fault and sends the processed information to an element management system (EMS) so that the EMS sends the processed information or a part thereof to a network management system (NMS) and the NMS sends the processed information or a part thereof to at least an FFLS server,
• wherein the FFLS server processes received information and network topological information to issue geographic information system (GIS) based fiber fault localization information including physical distance of the fault from the CO, to the NMS, and
• wherein the NMS uses the GIS based fiber fault localization information to accurately indicate exact location and one or more attributes of the fault on a GIS map, the one or more attributes including any or a combination of latitude, longitude, hardware information, date, time and type of the fault.