Methods and systems for monitoring a wireless broadband base station

• US 20070053317A1
• Filed: 09/08/2005
• Published: 03/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sormunen, Todd
• Application Number:
  US11/222,067
• Publication Number:
  US 20070053317A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for monitoring a wireless broadband base station in a wireless broadband system. The disclosed systems and methods may include polling at least one wireless broadband base station in the wireless broadband system. Furthermore, the disclosed systems and methods may include gathering alarm condition information from the polled at least one wireless broadband base station and evaluating the alarm condition information. Moreover, the disclosed systems and methods may include reporting the alarm condition information if evaluating the alarm condition information indicates that the alarm condition information comprising one of critical or major.

Claims

1. A method for monitoring wireless broadband base stations in a wireless broadband system, the method comprising:

polling at least one wireless broadband base station in the wireless broadband system;

gathering alarm condition information from the polled at least one wireless broadband base station; and

evaluating the alarm condition information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein polling the at least one wireless broadband base station further comprises polling the at least one wireless broadband base station at predefined time period.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein polling the at least one wireless broadband base station further comprises polling the at least one wireless broadband base station through a virtual private network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein gathering the alarm condition information further comprises:

connecting to the at least one wireless broadband base station through a telnet session;

receiving the alarm condition information; and

saving the alarm condition information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein evaluating the alarm condition information further comprises determining if the alarm condition information comprising one of the following alarm types:

critical, major, and warning.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the critical alarm type indicates that customers are out of service, the major alarm type indicates that the wireless broadband system is affected with a problem, and the warning alarm type indicates a potential problem exists with the wireless broadband system.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising reporting the alarm condition information if evaluating the alarm condition information indicates that the alarm condition information comprises one of the following alarm types:

critical and major.

8. A system for monitoring wireless broadband base stations in a wireless broadband system, the system comprising:

a memory storage for maintaining a database; and

a processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit is operative to;

poll at least one wireless broadband base station in the wireless broadband system;

gather alarm condition information from the polled at least one wireless broadband base station; and

evaluate the alarm condition information.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the processing unit being operative to poll the at least one wireless broadband base station further comprises the processing unit being operative to poll the at least one wireless broadband base station at predefined time period.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the processing unit being operative to gather the alarm condition information further comprises the processing unit being operative to:

connect to the at least one wireless broadband base station through a telnet session;

receive the alarm condition information; and

save the alarm condition information.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the processing unit being operative to evaluate the alarm condition information further comprises the processing unit being operative to determine if the alarm condition information comprising one of the following alarm types:

critical, major, and warning.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the critical alarm type indicates that customers are out of service, the major alarm type indicates that the wireless broadband system is affected with a problem, and the warning alarm type indicates a potential problem exists with the wireless broadband system.

13. The system of claim 8, further comprising the processing unit being operative to report the alarm condition information if the alarm condition information indicates that the alarm condition information comprises one of the following alarm types:

critical and major.

14. A computer-readable medium which stores a set of instructions which when executed performs a method for monitoring wireless broadband base stations in a wireless broadband system, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:

polling at least one wireless broadband base station in the wireless broadband system;

gathering alarm condition information from the polled at least one wireless broadband base station; and

evaluating the alarm condition information.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein polling the at least one wireless broadband base station further comprises polling the at least one wireless broadband base station at predefined time period.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein polling the at least one wireless broadband base station further comprises polling the at least one wireless broadband base station through a virtual private network.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein gathering the alarm condition information further comprises:

connecting to the at least one wireless broadband base station through a telnet session;

receiving the alarm condition information; and

saving the alarm condition information.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein evaluating the alarm condition information further comprises determining if the alarm condition information comprising one of the following alarm types:

critical, major, and warning.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the critical alarm type indicates that customers are out of service, the major alarm type indicates that the wireless broadband system is affected with a problem, and the warning alarm type indicates a potential problem exists with the wireless broadband system.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, further comprising reporting the alarm condition information if evaluating the alarm condition information indicates that the alarm condition information comprises one of the following alarm types:

critical and major.