US 11,700,082 B1
Systems and methods for proactive network maintenance
Jason W. Rupe, Lafayette, CO (US); Jingjie Zhu, Erie, CO (US); and Karthik Sundaresan, Louisville, CO (US)
Assigned to Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/706,840.
Application 17/706,840 is a continuation of application No. 16/937,345, filed on Jul. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,303,386.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/877,453, filed on Jul. 23, 2019.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 41/14 (2022.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); H04L 41/142 (2022.01); H04L 67/30 (2022.01); H04B 1/38 (2015.01); H04L 43/08 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 1/0019 (2013.01) [G06N 20/00 (2019.01); H04B 1/38 (2013.01); H04L 1/0003 (2013.01); H04L 1/0009 (2013.01); H04L 41/142 (2013.01); H04L 41/145 (2013.01); H04L 43/08 (2013.01); H04L 67/30 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a plurality of non-transitory instructions executable with a processor for performing proactive network maintenance (PNM) on an active communication network, the plurality of non-transitory instructions being executable for:
monitoring performance data from the active communication network, wherein the performance data are collected from a plurality of modems sharing a channel of the active communication network;
identifying an impairment of the active communication network through changes in the performance data;
proposing a repair option for the impairment;
quantifying an expected change in the performance data upon implementation of the repair option; and
scheduling implementation of the repair option on the active communication network.