Systems and Methods for Utilities-Based Network Management

A system comprising:

• a memory storing instructions;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to:
• obtain sensor data from one or more sensors at a network facility at which network equipment of a communication network is deployed, the sensor data including image data representing imagery of the network facility;
• determine, based on the sensor data, a utilization of a utility at the network facility;
• and
• perform, based on the utilization of the utility at the network facility, a management operation for the communication network.

A system comprising:

• one or more sensors deployed at one or more network facilities at which network equipment of a communication network is deployed;
• and
• a network management system communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors and configured to:
• obtain sensor data from the one or more sensors, the sensor data including image data representing imagery captured at the one of more network facilities;
• determine, based on the sensor data, a utilization of each of the one or more network facilities;
• and
• perform, based on the utilization of each of the one or more network facilities, a management operation for the communication network.