Patent ID: 8260900

Claim:
A method, comprising: employing at least one processor of a cell site controller to facilitate execution of computer executable instructions retained in a memory of the cell site controller that, in response to execution, carry out operations comprising: receiving a status profile that configures a port in the cell site controller, wherein the status profile includes a set of conditions associated with operation of a device functionally linked to the port; employing the status profile to configure the port; collecting operational data from the device in real-time with the site controller in accordance with a polling condition in the set of conditions; arranging the collected operational data into a format suitable for streaming to an external management platform; evaluating the collected or formatted operational data for data integrity; streaming the collected or formatted operational data to the external management platform in real-time as a function of the polling condition in the set of conditions for performance of an evaluation of the collected or formatted operational data by the external management platform; and receiving a command to update an application associated with the operation of the device based on the evaluation.