Cell Site Status Monitoring Method for Network Operations
Summary
US20260113257A1, a newly published patent application, discloses a method for continuous cell site status monitoring in network operations. The method periodically retrieves cell site information from operational support systems across multiple equipment vendors and cellular technologies, converts the data to a uniform format, and determines cell status and site availability for provision to a network operation center. The application names four inventors and was published on April 23, 2026, with a filing date of October 17, 2024.
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USPTO classification H04L covers transmission of digital information: network protocols, modulation schemes, wireless signal processing, coding, encryption in transit, and multiplexing. With 5G, 6G, and satellite internet driving new filings, H04L is one of the largest active patent classes. Every newly published application in H04L lands in this feed, around 215 a month. Applications publish 18 months after filing, so this feed reveals what MediaTek, Qualcomm, Ericsson, Samsung, Huawei, and dozens of smaller companies were working on in the prior year and a half. Watch this if you compete in networking hardware, advise telecoms on IP strategy, or scout acquisition targets in wireless infrastructure.
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USPTO published patent application US20260113257A1 for a cell site status monitoring method used in network operations. The application discloses a computer-implemented process that periodically retrieves cell site information from operational support systems, converts the data into a uniform format, retrieves maintenance information, and determines cell status and site availability based on inventory data. The determined status and availability information is then provided to a network operation center application.
Patent applicants seeking to protect similar network monitoring technologies should review this publication to assess potential overlap with their own innovations and understand the scope of claims that may eventually issue. Network equipment manufacturers and telecommunications operators may find this application relevant as competitive intelligence regarding the technical approaches being pursued in cell site management.
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Continuous Cell Site Status Monitoring
Application US20260113257A1 Kind: A1 Apr 23, 2026
Inventors
Jamir A. DIRKSEN, Ivan MALDONADO, Christopher C. POIRIER, Roger WILBERT
Abstract
A method. The method comprises periodically retrieving cell site information from operational support systems (OSSs) by an application executing on a computer system, where the cell site information is associated with cell sites sourced by different equipment vendors and associated with different cellular technologies; converting the cell site information received from the OSSs by the application into a uniform format; retrieving maintenance information about cell sites by the application; based on the maintenance information and based on the cell site information in uniform format, determining status of cells by the application; based on the status of cells and based on an inventory of cells disposed at different cell sites, determining a cell site availability for the cell sites by the application; and providing the status of cells and the cell site availability by the application to a network operation center (NOC) application executing on the computer system.
CPC Classifications
H04L 43/0817 H04L 41/22
Filing Date
2024-10-17
Application No.
18919371
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