Patent ID: 8437452
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method to verify a port, comprising: identifying a first value representing a number of unassigned ports associated with a first digital subscriber line access multiplexer; identifying a number of ports of the first digital subscriber line access multiplexer associated with a status of potentially bad in response to a port swap of the first digital subscriber line access multiplexer at a first time; adjusting the first value based on the number of potentially bad ports; identifying a second value representing a projected number of ports associated with the first digital subscriber line access multiplexer needed to satisfy a pending service request at a second time; verifying whether the number of ports associated with the status of potentially bad are operating correctly at the second time; and submitting a preventative maintenance trouble ticket for the first digital subscriber line access multiplexer based on the adjusted first value and the second value.