Methods and systems for determining a wireless service outage

A system for dynamic monitoring of coverage level in an area comprising:

• a processor, and
• a memory storing instructions executed by the processor to perform operations including:
• monitoring signals from a plurality of nodes that provide services to the area, wherein at least some of the plurality of nodes are associated with a first organization;
• determining, based at least in part on the signals, that at least one of the plurality of nodes is out of service;
• determining an explicit coverage level, based at least in part on:
• census data of the area from multiple sub-areas of the area,
• those nodes of the plurality of nodes currently in service in the area, and
• an indication of a population provided with corresponding services, wherein the indication is derived by adding population data from the multiple sub-areas of the area;
• determining that the explicit coverage level in the area is less than a required coverage threshold;
• and
• communicating an outage notification to an emergency service provider, wherein the emergency service provider is a regulatory body mandating the outage notification or a second organization.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions for dynamic monitoring of coverage level in an area, that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform actions comprising:

• monitoring signals from a plurality of nodes that provide services to the area, wherein at least some of the plurality nodes are associated with a first organization;
• determining, based at least in part on the signals, that at least one of the plurality of nodes is out of service;
• determining an explicit coverage level, based at least in part on:
• census data of the area from multiple sub-areas of the area,
• those nodes of the plurality of nodes currently in service in the area, and
• an indication of a population provided with corresponding services, wherein the indication is derived by adding population data from the multiple sub-areas of the area;
• determining that the explicit coverage level in the area is less than a required coverage threshold;
• and
• communicating an outage notification to an emergency service provider, wherein the emergency service provider is a regulatory body mandating the outage notification or a second organization.