METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND PRIORITIZING FAULT LOCATION IN A CABLE PLANT

摘要

A method of prioritizing estimated fault locations within a network includes monitoring multiple different performance parameters for unacceptable threshold levels via communications with a set of terminal network elements and separately analyzing the different performance parameters to identify potential network fault locations on the network. Accordingly, a plurality of priority rankings of potential network fault locations can be generated, one for each performance parameter monitored, and then combined to generate an overall priority ranking of potential fault locations including at least a highest priority inspection point estimated as being a most likely source of a fault on the network.

主权项

1. A method of prioritizing estimated fault locations within a network, comprising the steps of:
monitoring a plurality of different performance parameters for unacceptable threshold levels via communications with a set of terminal network elements on the network; separately analyzing each one of the plurality of different performance parameters identifying unacceptable threshold levels to identify potential network fault locations on the network; generating a plurality of priority rankings of potential network fault locations including a most likely estimated fault location, each of the plurality of priority rankings being determined from a different one of the plurality of different performance parameters identifying unacceptable threshold levels; and combining information of each of the plurality of priority rankings to generate an overall priority ranking of potential fault locations including at least a highest priority inspection point estimated as being a most likely source of a fault on the network.