Method and System for Monitoring and Improving the Quality of Interconnecting Cabling Systems

• US 20070297346A1
• Filed: 11/10/2005
• Published: 12/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke KPN NV
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke KPN NV
• Inventors: Kuijpers, Johannes, Huisman, Wilhelmus, Moree, Reinier
• Granted Patent: US 8,155,274 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/254
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/083 in cables, e.g. underground
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/66 Testing of connections, e.g. of plugs or non-disconnectable joints testing for incorrect line connections G01R31/55
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/22 Arrangements for supervision, monitoring or testing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/229 Wire identification arrangements; Number assignment determination
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/149 Wireguides in connector blocks

Abstract

System for coordinating the use of a mapping system comparing the physical connection status of a cable link in a network with the administrative data about said cable link in the network administration. The coordinating system uses data from one or several existing databases. Based on an analysis of the data retrieved from the one or more databases the system generates a detailed work order for an engineer to perform measurements with a mapping system. A mapping system is a system that performs measurements on the connections within a telecommunication network and compares the results of these measurements with the data in one of the databases. Differences are analyzed by the coordinating system.

Claims

1. System for automatically coordinating the use of a mapping system comparing the physical connection status of a cable link in a network with the administrative data about the cable link in the network administration, comprising:

a planning module for determining which cable link needs to be handled by said mapping system;

a work order module for generating a work order comprising detailed instructions to said mapping system, and;

a data-analyzing module for analyzing the results of said mapping system, and indicating the required action to solve differences reported by said mapping system.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said planning module identifies which cable link needs to be handled by said mapping system based on information from one or more existing databases.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein said databases comprise:

information with regard to the number of changes in the utilization data of each cable link and;

information with regard to the number of after care requests for each cable link.

4. The system of claim 1 also comprising:

a management information module providing statistical information with regard to the network management actions performed with the support of said coordinating system.

5. Method for coordinating the use of a mapping system comparing the physical connection status of a cable link in a network with the administrative data about said cable link in the network administration, comprising the steps of:

determining which cable link needs to be handled by said mapping system;

generating a detailed work order to said mapping system;

performing the measurements on said cable link with said mapping system and;

analyzing the results of said mapping system, resulting in actions to solve the differences reported by said mapping system.

6. Method according to claim 5 wherein the step of identifying which cable link needs to be handled by said mapping system comprises the steps of:

retrieving from a database a file containing information with regard to the number of changes in the utilization data of each cable link and;

retrieving from another database information with regard to the number of after care requests for each cable link.