Prescriptive and diagnostic system and method for combined RF/optical transmission management

A method of diagnostic and prescriptive management of hybrid fiber-coax network, comprising:

• collecting network performance parameters relating to a network circuit;
• comparing the collected network performance parameters with predetermined thresholds corresponding to the collected network performance parameters to grade circuit performance;
• selecting a circuit, based on the comparing step, in which at least one of the network performance parameters falls below a respective threshold;
• outputting a recommended prescribed modification to the selected circuit based on the at least one of the network performance parameters falls below a respective threshold.

A method of diagnostic and prescriptive management of hybrid fiber-coax network, comprising:

• collecting network performance parameters relating to a network circuit comprising a customer modem, a RF plant, optical node, reverse transmitter, reverse headend receiver and CMTS;
• comparing the collected network performance parameters with predetermined thresholds corresponding to the collected network performance parameters to grade circuit performance;
• selecting a circuit, based on the comparing step, in which at least on of the network performance parameters falls below a respective threshold;
• comparing the variation of at least one of the network performance parameter over a long term and at least one of another parameters over a short term;
• and
• outputting a recommended prescribed modification to the selected circuit based on the comparison of the at least one of the network performance parameter over a long term and the at least one of another parameters over a short term.

A system of diagnostic and prescriptive management of hybrid fiber-coax network, comprising:

• means for collecting network performance parameters relating to a network circuit;
• means for comparing the collected network performance parameters with predetermined thresholds corresponding to the collected network performance parameters to grade circuit performance;
• means for selecting a circuit, based on the result of the means for comparing, in which at least on of the network performance parameters falls below the respective threshold;
• means for determining additional network performance parameters to be tested on the selected circuit, the additional network performance parameter comprising at least an RF power measurement;
• and
• means for outputting a recommended prescribed modification to the selected circuit based on the additional tested network performance parameters.

A computer readable carrier including computer program instructions that cause a computer to implement a method of diagnostic and prescriptive management of hybrid fiber-coax network, said program comprising the steps of:

• collecting network performance parameters relating to a network circuit comprising a customer modem, a RF plant, optical node, reverse transmitter, reverse headend receiver and CMTS;
• comparing the collected network performance parameters with predetermined thresholds corresponding to the collected network performance parameters to grade circuit performance;
• selecting a circuit, based on the result of the comparing step, in which at least on of the network performance parameters falls below the respective threshold;
• determining additional network performance parameters to be tested on the selected circuit, the additional network performance parameter comprising at least an RF power measurement;
• and
• outputting a recommended prescribed modification to the selected circuit based on the additional tested network performance parameters.

A computer readable carrier including computer program instructions that cause a computer to implement a method of diagnostic and prescriptive management of hybrid fiber-coax network, said program comprising the steps of:

• collecting network performance parameters relating to a network circuit comprising a customer modem, a RF plant, optical node, reverse transmitter, reverse headend receiver and CMTS;
• comparing the collected network performance parameters with predetermined thresholds corresponding to the collected network performance parameters to grade circuit performance;
• selecting a circuit, based on the comparing step, in which at least on of the network performance parameters falls below a respective threshold;
• comparing the variation of at least one of the network performance parameter over a long term and at least one of another parameters over a short term;
• and
• outputting a recommended prescribed modification to the selected circuit based on the comparison of the at least one of the network performance parameter over a long term and the at least one of another parameters over a short term.