Systems and methods of providing high availability of telecommunications systems and devices

A method of providing high availability of telecommunications systems and devices in a telecommunications network, comprising:

• detecting, by a first device monitoring component included in an active peer device platform, one or more failures or faults associated with one or more sets of functional components included in the active peer device platform;
• generating, by a first rules engine included in the active peer device platform, an indication of a health condition of the active peer device platform based at least on the one or more detected failures or faults and one or more predetermined rules;
• and
• making, by the first device monitoring component included in the active peer device platform, a decision to failover from the active peer device platform to a standby peer device platform based at least in part on comparative values of the indication of the health condition of the active peer device platform and an indication of a health condition of the standby peer device platform.

A system for providing high availability of telecommunications systems and devices in a telecommunications network, comprising:

• an active peer device platform including a first device monitoring component and a first rules engine;
• and
• a standby peer device platform including a second device monitoring component and a second rules engine, the standby peer device platform being communicably connected to the active peer device platform,
• wherein the first device monitoring component is operative to detect one or more failures or faults associated with one or more sets of functional components included in the active peer device platform,
• wherein the first rules engine is operative, in response to detection of the one or more failures or faults, to obtain, using the one or more predetermined rules, a first health count representing a health condition of the active peer device platform,
• wherein the second rules engine is operative to obtain, using the one or more predetermined rules, a second health count representing a health condition of the standby peer device platform,
• wherein the standby peer device platform is operative to provide the second health count representing the health condition of the standby peer device platform to the active peer device platform, and
• wherein the first device monitoring component is further operative:
• to compare a value of the first health count representing the health condition of the active peer device platform with a value of the second health count representing the health condition of the standby peer device platform;
• and
• to make a decision to failover from the active peer device platform to the standby peer device platform based at least in part on comparative values of the first health count and the second health count.