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SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

  • US 20080267076A1
  • Filed: 04/30/2007
  • Published: 10/30/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A network proxy of a communication system, comprising a controller element to:

  • monitor for installed components in one or more interconnected Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks of the communication system based at least in part on provisioning records for each of the interconnected DSL networks;

    obtain telemetry data from at least one of the installed components in the interconnected DSL networks;

    obtain maintenance data based at least in part on repair records associated with the installed components in the interconnected DSL networks;

    filter the telemetry and maintenance data according to criteria comprising actual criteria and predictive criteria;

    determine one or more common components for the installed components associated with the filtered telemetry and maintenance data;

    identify an actual fault in the one or more common components based at least in part on the filtered telemetry and maintenance data associated with the actual criteria; and

    predict a potential fault in the one or more common components based at least in part on the filtered telemetry and maintenance data associated with the predictive criteria.

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