Systems and methods for proactive network maintenance
AssigneeCable Television Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsJason W. Rupe, Jingjie Zhu, Karthik Sundaresan
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Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to systems, methods and software for quantitatively evaluating an improvement on an active communication network when an impairment, such as a developing impairment, is addressed by one or more repair options via proactive network maintenance.
Claims18
A method of performing proactive network maintenance (PNM) on an active communication network comprising:
- monitoring performance data from the active communication network, wherein the performance data are collected from a plurality of modems sharing a channel of the active communication network;
- identifying an impairment of the active communication network through changes in the performance data;
- proposing a repair option for the impairment;
- quantifying an expected change in the performance data upon implementation of the repair option;
- and
- scheduling implementation of the repair option on the active communication network.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a plurality of non-transitory instructions executable with a processor for performing proactive network maintenance (PNM) on an active communication network, the plurality of non-transitory instructions being executable for:
- monitoring performance data from the active communication network, wherein the performance data are collected from a plurality of modems sharing a channel of the active communication network;
- identifying an impairment of the active communication network through changes in the performance data;
- proposing a repair option for the impairment;
- quantifying an expected change in the performance data upon implementation of the repair option;
- and
- scheduling implementation of the repair option on the active communication network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.