Systems and methods for prognostic network management
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, from a health-indicator sensor, at least one health indicator of a physical component of a device in a network;
using the health indicator received from the health-indicator sensor to estimate a remaining useful life of the physical component;
detecting that the remaining useful life of the physical component has reached a predetermined threshold;
reconfiguring, while the physical component is operating within the network and in response to detecting that the remaining useful life of the physical component has reached the predetermined threshold, the network by performing at least one of;
reconfiguring an additional physical component in the network so that failure of the physical component does not cause the network to become unavailable to any user of the network;
reconfiguring the physical component so that;
workload of the physical component is reduced; and
workload of the additional physical component is increased, wherein the step of reconfiguring the network is performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method for prognostic network management may include (1) monitoring a health indicator of a physical component of a device in a network, (2) using the health indicator to estimate a remaining useful life of the physical component, (3) detecting that the remaining useful life of the physical component has reached a predetermined threshold, and (4) reconfiguring the network in response to detecting that the remaining useful life of the physical component has reached the predetermined threshold so that failure of the physical component does not cause the network to become unavailable to any user of the network. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving, from a health-indicator sensor, at least one health indicator of a physical component of a device in a network; using the health indicator received from the health-indicator sensor to estimate a remaining useful life of the physical component; detecting that the remaining useful life of the physical component has reached a predetermined threshold; reconfiguring, while the physical component is operating within the network and in response to detecting that the remaining useful life of the physical component has reached the predetermined threshold, the network by performing at least one of; reconfiguring an additional physical component in the network so that failure of the physical component does not cause the network to become unavailable to any user of the network; reconfiguring the physical component so that; workload of the physical component is reduced; and workload of the additional physical component is increased, wherein the step of reconfiguring the network is performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system comprising:
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a monitoring module, stored in memory, that receives, from a health-indicator sensor, at least one health indicator of a physical component of a device in a network; an estimating module, stored in memory, that uses the health indicator to estimate a remaining useful life of the physical component; a detecting module, stored in memory, that detects that the remaining useful life of the physical component has reached a predetermined threshold; a reconfiguring module, stored in memory, that reconfigures, while the physical component is operating within the network, the network by performing at least one of; reconfiguring an additional physical component in the network so that failure of the physical component does not cause the network to become unavailable to any user of the network; reconfiguring the physical component so that; workload of the physical component is reduced; and workload of the additional physical component is increased; at least one physical processor that executes the monitoring module, the estimating module, the detecting module, and the reconfiguring module.
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20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of at least one network device, cause the network device to:
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receive, from a health-indicator sensor, at least one health indicator of a physical component of a device in a network; use the health indicator received from the health-indicator sensor to estimate a remaining useful life of the physical component; detect that the remaining useful life of the physical component has reached a predetermined threshold; reconfigure, while the physical component is operating within the network and in response to detecting that the remaining useful life of the physical component has reached the predetermined threshold, the network by performing at least one of; reconfiguring an additional physical component in the network so that failure of the physical component does not cause the network to become unavailable to any user of the network; reconfiguring the physical component so that; workload of the physical component is reduced; and workload of the additional physical component is increased.
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