Communications network failure detection and remediation

A system for communications network failure detection and remediation comprising:

• a server, the server including:
• a processor;
• and
• a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to perform a method comprising:
• receiving first communications using a network from a first client, the first communications including a telephone number, location, and security credential, the telephone number, location, and security credential each being associated with a first user of the first client;
• authenticating the first user of the first client using the telephone number and the security credential;
• creating, responsive to the authenticating, a registration for the first client in a registration database, the registration including the location from the first communications from the first client, the registration being used to route second communications directed to the telephone number of the first client from a second client;
• establishing, responsive to the authenticating, a connection to the first client within the network;
• detecting the connection to the first client has failed, the detecting comprising:
• measuring a time period during which the first client does not send communications traffic;
• and
• determining the measured time period exceeds a limit, the limit being an amount of time after which it is unlikely a valid connection is idle, the limit being produced by a statistical model;
• and
• removing, responsive to the detecting, the registration for the first client from the registration database.

A system for communications network failure detection and remediation comprising:

• means for receiving first communications using a network from a first client, the first communications including a telephone number, location, and security credential, the telephone number, location, and security credential each being associated with a first user of the first client;
• means for authenticating the first user of the first client using the telephone number and the security credential;
• means for creating, responsive to the authenticating, a registration for the first client in a registration database, the registration including the location from the first communications from the first client, the registration being used to route second communications directed to the telephone number of the first client from a second client;
• means for establishing, responsive to the authenticating, a connection to the first client within the network;
• means for detecting the connection to the first client has failed, the means for detecting comprising:
• means for measuring a time period during which the first client does not send communications traffic;
• and
• means for determining the measured time period exceeds a limit, the limit being an amount of time after which it is unlikely a valid connection is idle, the limit being produced by a statistical model;
• and
• means for removing, responsive to the detecting, the registration for the first client from the registration database.