Patent ID: 9143379
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of monitoring a communications system comprising: operating a monitoring device including a processor and memory to perform the steps of: collecting at least one of transmission power level information or received power level information from a first plurality of customer premise devices corresponding to a first network area; collecting at least one of transmission power level information or received power level information from a second plurality of customer premise devices corresponding to a second area; generating a measure of network instability for the first network area based on power level fluctuation information included in collected power level information received from said first plurality of customer premise devices; generating a second group power level deviation metric from collected power level information received from said second plurality of customer premise devices, said second group power level deviation metric being a modified standard deviation ratio; and taking an action based on the measure of network instability.