SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRIORITIZING REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE TASKS IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

    公开(公告)号:US20230134035A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-04

    申请号:US17974006

    申请日:2022-10-26

    IPC分类号: G06Q10/06 H04L41/0631

    摘要: Aspects of the present disclosure include systems and methods for identifying, quantifying, and prioritizing repair, maintenance and system change opportunities within a telecommunications network. This disclosure describes doing so by obtaining churn, repair, and outage data and processing the obtained data using various models and algorithms to provide meaningful insights into the business impact of undertaking some action, which may include proactive maintenance, repair, and/or some form of system change (e.g., upgrade). In the cases of maintenance and repair, the system may further identify a particular issue and the resolution. The system may also provide information as to costs and return for various actions, which may assist the operator in taking actions that will provide optimal customer satisfaction.

    Wavelength regeneration in a network

    公开(公告)号:US11637757B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-25

    申请号:US16449969

    申请日:2019-06-24

    摘要: An optical network including a plurality of gateway nodes interconnected with a plurality of intermediate nodes with segments of fiber. The network includes a plurality of devices, such as reconfigurable optical add drop multiplexers, optimally placed at various nodes throughout the network. The device placement is optimized with an integer linear programming analysis considering span definition such that any given span involves some number of segments not exceeding a number of segments that would require wavelength regeneration, cost of placement of a device at a given node, cost of wavelength regeneration, and various parameters and constraints.

    Content delivery systems and methods

    公开(公告)号:US11601513B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-07

    申请号:US16659014

    申请日:2019-10-21

    摘要: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a CDN utilizing a Direct Server Return (DSR) request command to create a tunnel from one content server to another content server of the CDN. Through the DSR tunnel, a request for content may be served from a content server that is more advantageous for the CDN for any number of reasons, such as from a content server that is logically closer to the content server. In determining when a DSR tunnel is created to provide the content, the CDN may access a database storing various information concerning the CDN, such as the location of egress gateways of the CDN in relation to one or more content servers, connecting network location information, the capabilities of one or more content servers, and/or load information of available content servers.

    Network service activation system

    公开(公告)号:US11601345B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-07

    申请号:US17347250

    申请日:2021-06-14

    摘要: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods for a service activation system in a telecommunications network that utilizes one or more generic container files for building the configuration file to instantiate the service on the network. A request for service from a network may be received from an order entry system that includes specific information about the requested service. A collection of generic configuration files may be selected based on the information included in the service order and arranged to build a configuration file to be executed on the network. The service activation system may also include a component or group of components to verify a received service order and alter the service order with default information or data where applicable. The configuration file may also be executed on the network through one or more drivers communicating with the affected devices to configure the one or more network devices.

    Dynamic Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Host Route Generation Based on Domain Name System (DNS) Resolution

    公开(公告)号:US20230065919A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-02

    申请号:US17537049

    申请日:2021-11-29

    发明人: Darrell Smith

    IPC分类号: H04L61/4511 H04L61/5046

    摘要: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing dynamic border gateway protocol (“BGP”) host route generation based on domain name system (“DNS”) resolution. In various embodiments, a computing system may receive, from a user device via a first network, a request to establish a communications link with an external device via a second network that is separate from the first network, based on a first uniform resource identifier (“URI”) indicative of a network location of the external device. The computing system may query a DNS resolver for an Internet Protocol (“IP”) address corresponding to a valid current IP address, based on the first URI, and may advertise the IP address and/or a route based on the IP address. A communications link may be established between the user device and the external device based on the IP address and/or the route.

    CONCURRENT COLLABORATION CONFERENCE PORT MANAGEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20230065001A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-02

    申请号:US17976230

    申请日:2022-10-28

    摘要: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods for a collaboration conferencing system to track a total number of concurrently utilized ports across any number of conferencing bridges of the network for a particular customer and one or more billing actions may occur based on this tracking. This may result in an alternate billing option for the customer's use of the system. Further, a telecommunications network administrator may provide access to the collaboration conferencing system based on a total number of concurrently utilized ports rather than on a per conference or per minute basis. With the information of the number of purchased ports by the customer, the administrator may more accurately predict an available capacity for the collaboration conferencing system needed to support all of the users of the system and the potential collaboration conferences.

    Faceplate-Based Wireless Functionality Device

    公开(公告)号:US20230053427A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-23

    申请号:US17488681

    申请日:2021-09-29

    IPC分类号: H04W76/14 H04W4/20

    摘要: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing wireless functionality, and, more particularly, to methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing faceplate-based wireless device functionality and wireless extension functionality. In various embodiments, one or more antennas, a power adapter, and at least one processor may be attached to an inner surface of a faceplate configured to be attached to a wall. The one or more antennas may be electrically coupled to the power adapter and communicatively coupled to the at least one processor. Alternatively, a wireless functionality device might include one or more antennas, a power adapter, and at least one processor. The wireless functionality device may be attached to an inner surface of a faceplate configured to be attached to a wall. The one or more antennas of the wireless functionality device may be electrically coupled to the power adapter and communicatively coupled to the at least one processor.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED VERIFICATION AND RECONFIGURATION OF DISCONNECTED NETWORK DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20230048190A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-16

    申请号:US17976323

    申请日:2022-10-28

    IPC分类号: H04L41/5054 H04L41/0654

    摘要: Systems and methods of disconnecting a network service provided over a network service path include using a computing device that obtains a service identifier assigned to network service and identifies a port of a network device included in a network service path associated with the service. The computing device transmits a request to the network device for port configuration data of the network device and based on the received port configuration data, determines whether the port is assigned to the network service. If so, the computing devices executes a remediation operation which includes transmitting a reconfiguration command to the network device that is adapted to cause the network device to update the port configuration data to free the port.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NEXT HOP BGP ROUTING IN A NETWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20230046362A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-16

    申请号:US17976274

    申请日:2022-10-28

    摘要: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems for providing multiple egress routes from a telecommunications network for a client of the network. In general, the system provides for a client of the network to receive intended packets of information through multiple connections to the network such that load balancing and failover services for traffic to the customer are provided. The process and system allow for telecommunications network to utilize a common next-hop value of announced border gateway protocol (BGP) routes to advertise multiple routes to reach a destination customer network or address. By utilizing a common next-hop value in the announced BGP information, the devices of the network may load balance communication packets to the destination customer or address among the multiple egress locations from the network, as well as providing fast failover to alternate routes when a failure at the network or customer occurs.