SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

A system and apparatus for maintaining a communication system is disclosed. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computer-readable storage medium in a maintenance server of a communication system, comprising computer instructions for monitori...

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Hauptverfasser: DILKS JEREMY A, DURANT WILLIAM J, PALMER JOEL, LAFAVER TIMOTHY L, LAPERI ERIAN, ANDERSON MICHAEL J, STOVALL THOMAS C, SEYER BENNETT, HODGES GEOFFREY
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Zusammenfassung:A system and apparatus for maintaining a communication system is disclosed. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computer-readable storage medium in a maintenance server of a communication system, comprising computer instructions for monitoring for installed components in interconnected Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks of the communication system based at least in part on provisioning records for each of the interconnected DSL networks, filtering telemetry and maintenance data associated with the installed components in the interconnected DSL networks according to criteria comprising actual criteria and predictive criteria, monitoring for a fault in the installed components based at least in part on the telemetry and maintenance data associated with the actual criteria, and predicting a potential fault in the installed components based at least in part on the telemetry and maintenance data associated with the predictive criteria. Additional embodiments are disclosed.