Method, apparatus, and system for remote diagnosis using a wireless link
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- establishing via a first wireless network a connection between a first wireless device located at a first location and a diagnostic control unit located at a second location, the first wireless device being coupled to subscriber equipment connected to an outside plant via a network path at the first location, the first wireless network being uncorrelated to the outside plant, the operations of the outside plant to be remotely tested by the diagnostic control unit using both voice communication and data diagnostic request information transmitted on the first wireless network;
transmitting via the first wireless network one or more diagnostic requests from the diagnostic control unit to the subscriber equipment through the first wireless device to perform one or more diagnostic operations on the subscriber equipment with respect to the outside plant; and
performing the requested diagnostic operations on the subscriber equipment to generate diagnostic results.
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Abstract
According to one aspect of the invention, a method is provided in which a connection is established, via a first wireless network, between a first wireless device located at a first location and a diagnostic control unit located at a second location. The first wireless device is coupled to an equipment at the first location the operations of which to be remotely tested by the diagnostic control unit. One or more diagnostic requests are transmitted, via the first wireless network, from the diagnostic control unit to the equipment through the first wireless device to perform one or more diagnostic operations on the equipment. The requested diagnostic operations are performed on the equipment to generate diagnostic results.
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29 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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establishing via a first wireless network a connection between a first wireless device located at a first location and a diagnostic control unit located at a second location, the first wireless device being coupled to subscriber equipment connected to an outside plant via a network path at the first location, the first wireless network being uncorrelated to the outside plant, the operations of the outside plant to be remotely tested by the diagnostic control unit using both voice communication and data diagnostic request information transmitted on the first wireless network;
transmitting via the first wireless network one or more diagnostic requests from the diagnostic control unit to the subscriber equipment through the first wireless device to perform one or more diagnostic operations on the subscriber equipment with respect to the outside plant; and
performing the requested diagnostic operations on the subscriber equipment to generate diagnostic results. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus comprising:
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subscriber equipment connected to an outside plant via a network path; and
a wireless device coupled to the subscriber equipment and a wireless network that is uncorrelated to the outside plant, the wireless device further including a receiver to receive, via the wireless network, both voice communication and data diagnostic request information from a diagnostic control unit located at a remote location, the data diagnostic request information being used to initiate one or more diagnostic operations on the subscriber equipment with respect to the outside plant, and a transmitter to transmit both voice communication and data diagnostic results received from the subscriber equipment to the diagnostic control unit at the remote location via the wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system comprising:
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a communication device located at a first location, the communication device connected to an outside plant via a network path;
a diagnostic control unit located remotely from the communication device to diagnose the operations of the outside plant; and
a wireless apparatus coupled to the communication device to provide a diagnostic interface between the communication device and the diagnostic control unit, the wireless apparatus to communicate with the diagnostic control unit via a wireless network that is uncorrelated to the outside plant, the wireless apparatus to transmit one or more diagnostic requests that are received from the diagnostic control unit to the communication device to initiate one or more diagnostic operations with respect to the outside plant, and the wireless apparatus to transmit diagnostic results received from the communication device to the diagnostic control unit. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A machine-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations including:
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establishing via a first wireless network a connection between a first wireless device located at a first location and a diagnostic control unit located at a second location, the first wireless device being coupled to subscriber equipment connected to an outside plant via a network path at the first location, the first wireless network being uncorrelated to the outside plant, the operations of the outside plant to be remotely tested by the diagnostic control unit;
transmitting via the first wireless network one or more diagnostic requests from the diagnostic control unit to the subscriber equipment through the first wireless device to perform one or more diagnostic operations on the subscriber equipment with respect to the outside plant;
performing the requested diagnostic operations on the subscriber equipment to generate diagnostic results; and
transmitting via the first wireless network the diagnostic results to the diagnostic control unit. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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