Patent ID: 11877174
Assignee: CENTURYLINK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A telecommunications equipment health monitoring and management system, comprising:
at least one sensor disposed at one of a central office, a remote cabinet, or a digital subscriber line access multiplexer (“DSLAM”), wherein the at least one sensor monitors one or more characteristics of each of at least one of one or more telecommunications equipment in the one of the central office, the remote cabinet, or the DSLAM, one or more telecommunications equipment batteries within a battery string providing power to telecommunications equipment in the one of the central office, the remote cabinet, or the DSLAM, or one or more battery strings providing power to telecommunications equipment in the one of the central office, the remote cabinet, or the DSLAM, wherein the at least one sensor sends the monitored one or more characteristics of each of the at least one of the one or more telecommunications equipment, the one or more telecommunications equipment batteries, or the one or more battery strings via a network maintenance tunnel and over a network;
a computing system that communicatively couples to the at least one sensor via a network maintenance tunnel and over a network, the computing system comprising:
at least one processor; and
a non-transitory computer readable medium communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, the non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer software comprising a set of instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the computing system to:
receive the monitored one or more characteristics of each of the at least one of the one or more telecommunications equipment, the one or more telecommunications equipment batteries, or the one or more battery strings;
analyze the monitored one or more characteristics of each of the at least one of the one or more telecommunications equipment, the one or more telecommunications equipment batteries, or the one or more battery strings to identify each telecommunications equipment, each telecommunications equipment battery, or each battery string having equipment health issues; and
based on a determination that one or more of at least one telecommunications equipment, at least one telecommunications equipment battery, or at least one battery string have equipment health issues, send a notification to a user, the notification comprising information regarding the one or more of the at least one telecommunications equipment, the at least one telecommunications equipment battery, or the at least one battery string having equipment health issues, wherein
the network maintenance tunnel comprises one of a generic routing encapsulation (“GRE”) tunnel, a business support systems (“BSS”) communications line, an operations support systems (“OSS”) communications line, or a virtual private network (“VPN”) communications connection, and
the network maintenance tunnel is a communications tunnel that transfers data over the network without utilizing bandwidth associated with customers of a service provider operating the network.