System

A computer-implemented method of managing a communication network comprising base station equipment and/or relay station equipment, the method comprising:

• acquiring geographic information for a target region including terrain characteristics data and infrastructure layout data;
• acquiring demographic data including population density data and time-varying population distribution data;
• acquiring urban planning information including planned development and infrastructure improvement information;
• analyzing historical communication traffic logs to generate a predicted peak communication demand;
• generating an equipment deployment plan specifying placement and capacity for one or more base stations and/or relay stations by performing an integrated analysis of the geographic information, demographic data, urban planning information, and predicted peak communication demand;
• receiving real-time or near-real-time equipment status telemetry measured by sensors installed at base station facilities;
• determining a learned baseline using historical telemetry stored in a database;
• detecting a precursor condition indicating impending failure or aging based on comparison of the telemetry to the learned baseline;
• and
• automatically initiating a corrective operation including at least one of a remote reboot or an automatic configuration correction responsive to detecting the precursor condition.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a network management server, cause the network management server to perform operations comprising:

• acquiring geographic information including terrain characteristics data and infrastructure layout data;
• acquiring demographic data including population density data and time-varying population distribution data;
• acquiring urban planning information including planned development and infrastructure improvement information;
• analyzing historical communication traffic logs to generate a predicted peak communication demand;
• generating an equipment deployment plan specifying placement and capacity for one or more base stations and/or relay stations by performing an integrated analysis of the geographic information, demographic data, urban planning information, and predicted peak communication demand;
• receiving real-time or near-real-time equipment status telemetry from monitoring terminals installed at base station facilities;
• determining a learned baseline using historical telemetry stored in a database;
• detecting a precursor condition indicating impending failure or aging based on comparison of the telemetry to the learned baseline;
• and
• automatically initiating a corrective operation including at least one of a remote reboot or an automatic configuration correction.