Patent ID: 6611579
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: G01R,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
A method of predicting and diagnosing trouble in a connection having a plurality of components with a plurality of characteristics, the method comprising:selecting at least one characteristic common to the plurality of components as a basis for predicting and diagnosing trouble; calculating a first value for the selected characteristic common to the plurality of components; based on a performance history of the connection, providing a second value representing one of prior trouble or no prior trouble with the connection; and, determining a probability of trouble in the connection at a given time as a function of the first value and the second value, wherein determining includes expressing the second value as a function of the first value and a third value, and, approximating the third value to permit the function of the first value and the third value to approach the second value, wherein the third value represents the probability of trouble in the connection at a given time.