A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING FAULTS IN A HYBRID FIBER COAX (HFC) CABLE NETWORK

摘要

A fault location system (FLS) for a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) cable network. T he FLS comprises an interactive map, a datastore, an object generator, and a display server. The datastore receives identifying information and status information of customer premises equipment (CPE) units connected to the HFC cable network. The objec t generator associates the identifying information and the status of CPE units with an object and further associates graphical attributes with the object. The display server graphically displays the object on the interactive map at location coordinat es indicative of the street address, and graphically displays the object according to its graphical attributes. When used with a processor, the FLS applies algorithms to non- responsive CPE units selected from the interactive map to identify possible common sources of a fault.