Patent ID: 8665325

Claim:
A system for providing location information in relation to telecommunications plant equipment, the system comprising: a plurality of cabinets of telecommunications plant equipment, each cabinet of telecommunications plant equipment being part of an access network and having: a first Global Positioning System (GPS) location sensor located within the cabinet and configured to provide a first location associated with the telecommunications plant equipment; a set of equipment characteristics comprising information about the cabinet of telecommunications plant equipment relevant to servicing of the telecommunications plant equipment; and a first network interface in operative communication with a network engineering center via a service network, the first location sensor being installed at and associated with the cabinet of telecommunications plant equipment and configured to report the first location to the network engineering center via the service network; and a portable technician device, comprising: a display; an imaging device configured to capture a plurality of images; a second location sensor configured to provide a plurality of locations associated with the portable technician device; a second network interface in operative communication with the network engineering center via the service network; and a computer readable medium, the computer readable medium encoded with instructions executable by the microprocessor to: receive, from the network engineering center over the service network, an indication of a servicing need for telecommunications plant in a particular cabinet; receive, from the network engineering center over the service network, the first location of the telecommunications plant equipment in the particular cabinet; map a route to the one of the telecommunications plant equipment as a function of the second location and the first location associated with the one of the telecommunications plant equipment; receive, from the imaging device, a captured image of the particular cabinet; receive, from the network engineering center over the service network, the set of equipment characteristics associated with the telecommunications plant equipment in the particular cabinet; and display, on the display, the captured image of the particular cabinet simultaneous with at least a portion of the set of equipment characteristics associated with the telecommunications plant equipment in the particular cabinet, the displayed portion of the set of equipment characteristics comprising detailed cabinet configuration information including configuration of the telecommunications cabinet equipment.