Method for identifying and prioritizing fault location in a cable plant
First Claim
1. A method of prioritizing estimated fault locations within a network, comprising the steps of:
- in at least one processor communicatively coupled to the network, monitoring a plurality of different performance parameters for unacceptable threshold levels via communications with a set of terminal network elements on the network;
in the at least one processor, separately analyzing each one of the plurality of different performance parameters identifying unacceptable threshold levels to identify potential network fault locations on the network;
in the at least one processor, generating a plurality of priority rankings of potential network fault locations, each of the plurality of priority rankings associated respectively with a most likely estimated fault location, and each of the plurality of priority rankings being determined from a different one of the plurality of different performance parameters identifying unacceptable threshold levels; and
in the at least one processor, combining information of each of the plurality of priority rankings to generate an overall priority ranking of potential network fault locations, wherein the overall priority ranking is associated with at least a highest priority inspection point, and wherein generating the overall priority ranking further includes estimating that one of the potential network fault locations is a most likely source of a fault on the network, and identifying said most likely source of a fault on the network as being the highest priority inspection point.
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Abstract
A method of prioritizing estimated fault locations within a network includes monitoring multiple different performance parameters for unacceptable threshold levels via communications with a set of terminal network elements and separately analyzing the different performance parameters to identify potential network fault locations on the network. Accordingly, a plurality of priority rankings of potential network fault locations can be generated, one for each performance parameter monitored, and then combined to generate an overall priority ranking of potential fault locations including at least a highest priority inspection point estimated as being a most likely source of a fault on the network.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of prioritizing estimated fault locations within a network, comprising the steps of:
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in at least one processor communicatively coupled to the network, monitoring a plurality of different performance parameters for unacceptable threshold levels via communications with a set of terminal network elements on the network; in the at least one processor, separately analyzing each one of the plurality of different performance parameters identifying unacceptable threshold levels to identify potential network fault locations on the network; in the at least one processor, generating a plurality of priority rankings of potential network fault locations, each of the plurality of priority rankings associated respectively with a most likely estimated fault location, and each of the plurality of priority rankings being determined from a different one of the plurality of different performance parameters identifying unacceptable threshold levels; and in the at least one processor, combining information of each of the plurality of priority rankings to generate an overall priority ranking of potential network fault locations, wherein the overall priority ranking is associated with at least a highest priority inspection point, and wherein generating the overall priority ranking further includes estimating that one of the potential network fault locations is a most likely source of a fault on the network, and identifying said most likely source of a fault on the network as being the highest priority inspection point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A signal processing electronic device for prioritizing estimated fault locations within a network, comprising at least one processing unit configured to:
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monitor a plurality of different performance parameters for unacceptable threshold levels via communications with a set of terminal network elements on the network; separately analyze each one of the plurality of different performance parameters identifying unacceptable threshold levels to identify potential network fault locations on the network; generate a plurality of priority rankings of potential network fault locations, each of the plurality of priority rankings associated respectively with a most likely estimated fault location, and each of the plurality of priority rankings being determined from a different one of the plurality of different performance parameters identifying unacceptable threshold levels; and combine information of each of the plurality of priority rankings to generate an overall priority ranking of potential network fault locations, wherein the overall priority ranking is associated with at least a highest priority inspection point, and wherein to generate the overall priority ranking further includes to estimate that one of the potential network fault locations is a most likely source of a fault on the network, and to identify said most likely source of a fault on the network as being the highest priority inspection point. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. At least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer program instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform the following operations:
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monitor a plurality of different performance parameters for unacceptable threshold levels via communications with a set of terminal network elements on a network; separately analyze each one of the plurality of different performance parameters identifying unacceptable threshold levels to identify potential network fault locations on the network; generate a plurality of priority rankings of potential network fault locations, each of the plurality of priority rankings associated respectively with a most likely estimated fault location, and each of the plurality of priority rankings being determined from a different one of the plurality of different performance parameters identifying unacceptable threshold levels; and combine information of each of the plurality of priority rankings to generate an overall priority ranking of potential network fault locations, wherein the overall priority ranking is associated with at least a highest priority inspection point, and wherein to generate the overall priority ranking further includes to estimate that one of the potential network fault locations is a most likely source of a fault on the network, and to identify said most likely source of a fault on the network as being the highest priority inspection point.
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