Patent ID: 11881988
Assignee: GEOTAB INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A remote device comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method for monitoring faults in one or more network zones, the method comprising:
determining, by the at least one processor, an expected communication rate for a network zone, wherein determining the expected communication rate comprises:
determining a device expected communication rate for a mobile device disposed in the network zone based on a state of the mobile device, wherein the mobile device is associated with a vehicle; and
determining the expected communication rate for the network zone based on the device expected communication rate determined for the mobile device disposed in the network zone; and

determining, by the at least one processor, whether the network zone is experiencing a fault, wherein determining whether the network zone is experiencing a fault comprises:
comparing for a first time frame an actual communication rate for the network zone, reflecting communications from the mobile device disposed in the network zone, to said expected communication rate for the network zone; and
indicating the fault in the network zone when said actual communication rate is not equal to said expected communication rate within said first time frame.