MANAGING INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE
Systems and method for the management of infrastructure equipment utilizing intermediate performance thresholds and trend performance thresholds to characterize functionality of the infrastructure equipment according to collected performance information are provided. Infrastructure equipment performance information is collected and transmitted to an infrastructure management service. The infrastructure management service utilizes multiple performance thresholds to characterize functionality of the infrastructure equipment. By utilizing the characterization of the functionality of the infrastructure equipment, an infrastructure maintenance scheduler system can mitigate a potential interruption wireless network service by servicing infrastructure equipment prior to a hardware failure.
1 . A method for managing infrastructure equipment comprising:
obtaining performance information for a set of infrastructure equipment, wherein the performance information corresponds to data collected during operation of the infrastructure equipment in a wireless network;
storing the set of infrastructure equipment; and
for individual infrastructure equipment in the set of infrastructure equipment:
identifying one or more intermediate performance thresholds corresponding to performance information collected from the respective infrastructure equipment;
characterizing a functionality of the respective infrastructure equipment based on applying the identified one or more intermediate performance thresholds;
generating a notification based on a characterization of the functionality as like to fail;
identifying one or more trend performance thresholds corresponding to a set of performance information collected from the respective infrastructure equipment, wherein the set of performance information includes at least one historical performance information;
characterizing a second functionality of the respective infrastructure equipment based on applying the identified one or more trend performance thresholds; and
generating a notification based on a characterization of the second functionality as like to fail.
2 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the performance information corresponds to radio signal information associated with the respective infrastructure equipment.
3 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the performance information corresponds to temperature information associated with the respective infrastructure equipment.
4 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the performance information corresponds to information associated with identifiable components of the respective infrastructure equipment.
5 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein characterizing the second functionality of the respective infrastructure equipment based on applying the identified one or more trend performance thresholds includes:
determining a difference between a current performance information and a historical performance information; and
characterizing the second functionality based on comparing the determined difference with the trend performance threshold.
6 . A system for generating managing infrastructure equipment comprising
a data store, executed on one or more computing devices having a processor and a memory, the data store maintaining a library of performance thresholds, wherein the library of performance thresholds include intermediate performance thresholds and trend performance thresholds;
an infrastructure maintenance scheduler, executed on one or more computing devices having a processor and a memory, the infrastructure maintenance scheduler operable to:
obtain performance information collected from a set of infrastructure equipment;
for individual infrastructure equipment,
characterize a first functionality of the respective infrastructure equipment based on applying identified one or more intermediate performance thresholds;
characterize a second functionality of the respective infrastructure equipment based on applying identified one or more trend performance thresholds, wherein the set of performance information includes at least one historical performance information; and
generate one or more notifications based on at least one of the first or second characterizations of the functionality.
7 . The system as recited in claim 6 , wherein the performance information corresponds to radio signal information associated with the respective infrastructure equipment.
8 . The system as recited in claim 7 , wherein the radio signal information corresponds to a measure of forward and return signal strength.
9 . The system as recited in claim 6 , wherein the performance information corresponds to antenna performance information associated with the respective infrastructure equipment.
10 . The system as recited in claim 9 , wherein the antenna performance information corresponds to a measured gain.
11 . The system as recited in claim 6 , wherein the performance information corresponds to temperature information associated with the respective infrastructure equipment.
12 . The system as recited in claim 6 , wherein the performance information corresponds to network connectivity information associated with the respective infrastructure equipment.
13 . The system as recited in claim 6 , wherein the performance information corresponds to information associated with identifiable components of the respective infrastructure equipment.
14 . The system as recited in claim 6 , wherein at least one of the intermediate performance thresholds or the trend performance thresholds corresponds to a minimum threshold value.
15 . The system as recited in claim 6 , wherein at least one of the intermediate performance thresholds or the trend performance thresholds corresponds to a maximum threshold value.
16 . The system as recited in claim 6 , wherein the infrastructure maintenance scheduler characterizes the second functionality of the respective infrastructure equipment based on applying the identified one or more trend performance thresholds by:
determining a difference between a current performance information and a historical performance information; and
characterizing the second functionality based on comparing the determined difference with the trend performance threshold.
17 . A method for managing infrastructure equipment comprising:
obtaining performance information for a set of infrastructure equipment, wherein the performance information corresponds to data collected during operation of the infrastructure equipment in a wireless network; and
for individual infrastructure equipment in the set of infrastructure equipment:
characterizing a first functionality of the respective infrastructure equipment based on applying the identified one or more first performance thresholds;
characterizing a second functionality of the respective infrastructure equipment based on applying identified one or more second performance thresholds utilizing at least one historical performance information; and
causing maintenance of the respective infrastructure equipment based on a determining that the first or second functionality is indicative of a potential failure.
18 . The method as recited in claim 17 , wherein the performance information corresponds to at least one of radio signal information, antenna performance or temperature associated with the respective infrastructure equipment.
19 . The method as recited in claim 17 , wherein the performance information corresponds to network connectivity information associated with the respective infrastructure equipment.
20 . The method as recited in claim 17 , wherein the performance information corresponds to information associated with identifiable components of the respective infrastructure equipment.
21 . The method as recited in claim 17 , wherein at least one of the first or second performance thresholds correspond to a minimum threshold value or a maximum threshold value.
22 . The method as recited in claim 17 , wherein the infrastructure maintenance scheduler characterizes the second functionality of the respective infrastructure equipment based on applying the identified one or more trend performance thresholds by:
determining a difference between a current performance information and a historical performance information; and
characterizing the second functionality based on comparing the determined difference with the trend performance threshold.
23 . The method as recited in claim 22 , wherein the historical performance information corresponds to performance information obtained within a time window.
24 . The method as recited in claim 17 , wherein causing maintenance of the respective infrastructure equipment based on a determining that the first or second functionality is indicative of a potential failure includes causing maintenance of a component identified as generating the collected performance information.
25 . The method as recited in claim 17 , wherein causing maintenance of the respective infrastructure equipment based on a determining that the first or second functionality is indicative of a potential failure includes causing maintenance of a component identified as correlated to a component generating the collected performance information.