Remote Network Power Outage Detection With Automated Triage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Network monitoring systems are often unaware of power outages, leading to manual and time-consuming triage processes to determine the cause of communication interruptions, which can result in missed or prolonged network issues, especially in large networks with numerous remote sites.
Innovation Solution
Implementing automated power outage detection and mitigation systems using hardware processors to identify potential power failures, automate triage processes, and issue alerts based on actual power service failures, thereby reducing the need for manual checks and technician intervention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual triage processes are used to detect power outages, then network personnel can investigate the cause of communication interruptions, but the process becomes highly manual and time consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automated self-detection of power outages by monitoring communication interruptions and automatically correlating them with power outage data from multiple sources, eliminating the need for manual triage processes while maintaining high detection accuracy
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical triage processes with an automated electronic system that uses hardware processors to monitor communications, access power outage websites, and automatically determine whether power outages are the cause of network issues
2Reliability
If manual checks of power outage websites are conducted regularly, then power conditions can be detected and mitigated, but the process is highly manual and time consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements continuous automated monitoring of power conditions by continuously accessing power outage websites and correlating data without interruption, ensuring reliable detection while maintaining high productivity through uninterrupted automated operation
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual checking processes with automated electronic systems that continuously monitor power outage websites and automatically correlate data, eliminating manual labor while maintaining continuous reliable detection
3Productivity
If automated triage processes are implemented to determine actual power service failures, then the need for manual checks is reduced, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The automated triage system is segmented into distinct functional modules: communication monitoring module, data access module, correlation engine, and alert generation module. Each module performs a specific function, making the overall complex system manageable and maintainable while achieving high detection speed
4Measurement precision
If network personnel manually investigate each communication interruption, then the cause can be determined, but non-local resources may be dispatched unnecessarily to sites with power outages
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary automated investigation by monitoring communication interruptions and immediately correlating them with power outage data from multiple sources before human intervention is needed, accurately determining the cause and preventing unnecessary dispatch while maintaining high precision
Data Source
AI summary
Using at least one hardware processor, obtain, at a network monitoring location, an indication of a putative power failure at a remote network location. Responsive to obtaining the indication, initiate, using the at least one hardware processor, an automated triage process to determine whether the putative power failure is an actual power service failure. Using the at least one hardware processor, issue an alert based on the determination of whether the putative power failure is an actual power service failure.