FORM-2
THE PATENT ACT,1970
(39 OF 1970)
AND
THE PATENT RULES, 2003
(As Amended)
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (See section 10;rule 13)
"A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE MONITORING AND MANAGING OF A COMMUNICATION NETWORK"
ICICI BANK LIMITED, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of India, of ICICI Bank Towers, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai 400 051, India.
The following specification particularly describes the invention and the manner in which it is to be performed:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a system and method for remote monitoring and managing of a communication network.
BACKGROUND
The monitoring of an operation of electrical power sources is carried out to identify a power failure event. The power failure events at any location may affect other equipment or elements associated with that location, such as network elements associated with that location, local equipment installed at that location and other devices indirectly related to that location.
During monitoring of the electrical power sources, data corresponding to the monitored electrical power sources are sent to a local server, wherein the server processes the data to determine the operational state of the electrical power sources. Based on the data, the server determines whether there is a power failure event and further generates a report in an event power failure event is determined by the server. Based on the generated report of the server, a maintenance operation is initiated manually to rectify the problem at the electrical power sources. However, the aforementioned method of monitoring of electrical power sources lacks remote monitoring methods and also does not provide any solution in an event one or more network incidents related to the network elements constituting the communication network, are detected. The conventional systems and methods fail to establish a relationship between performance of the network elements and the one or more electrical power sources, thereby leading to a complete failure of a network infrastructure at a particular location. The conventional systems and methods only help to locally identify a problem when power failure event has happened with electrical power sources, however the conventional systems and methods do not provide any preventive maintenance approach to remotely identify potential power failure events in advance, which are affecting the operation of the one or more network elements of the communication network.

Therefore, there is a need to alleviate problems associated with prior arts.
SUMMARY
In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a system for remote monitoring and managing of a communication network. The system includes a receiver for receiving a real time network data indicating performance of one or more network elements of the communication network associated with the first location and one or more electrical parameters indicating an operational state of one or more electrical power sources feeding power to the one or more network elements. The system further includes a processing device for determining whether the one or more electrical parameters are within a predefined operating range, in an event a network incident is detected based on the real time network data. The processing device further includes a correlation engine for correlating the real time network data with the one or more electrical parameters which are beyond the predefined operating range, to identify the electrical power sources causing the network incident.
In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for remote monitoring and managing of a communication network. The system includes a processing device for determining whether one or more electrical parameters are within a predefined operating range when a network incident is detected, the one or more electrical parameters indicating an operational state of one or more electrical power sources feeding power to one or more network elements associated with a first location, the network incident being detected based on a real time network data indicating performance of the one or more network elements of the communication network associated with the first location. The system further includes a transmitter for transmitting control signals for managing the one or more electrical power sources. The processing device further correlates the real time network data with the one or more electrical parameters which are beyond the predefined operating range, to identify the one or more electrical power sources causing the network incident.

Further, in accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of remote monitoring and managing of a communication network. The method includes receiving, by a receiver, a real time network data indicating performance of one or more network elements associated with the first location and one or more electrical parameters indicating an operational state of one or more electrical power sources feeding power to the one or more network elements of the communication network associated with the first location. The method further includes determining, by a processing device, whether the one or more electrical parameters are within a predefined operating range, in an event a network incident is detected based on the real time network data, wherein the real time network data is correlated, by a correlation engine, with the one or more electrical parameters which are beyond the predefined operating range, to identify the electrical power sources causing the network incident.
Furthermore, in accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of remote monitoring and managing of a communication network. The method includes determining, by a processing device, whether one or more electrical parameters are within a predefined operating range when a network incident is detected, the one or more electrical parameters indicating an operational state of one or more electrical power sources feeding power to one or more network elements associated with a first location, the network incident being detected based on a real time network data indicating performance of the one or more network elements of the communication network associated with the first location. The method further includes transmitting, by a transmitter, control signals for managing the one or more electrical power sources, wherein the real time network data is correlated, by a correlation engine, with the one or more electrical parameters which are beyond the predefined operating range, to identify the one or more electrical power sources causing the network incident.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 illustrates an architecture of the system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
Figure 2 illustrates the architecture of the system of Figure 1, in accordance with another embodiment of the present disclosure.

Figure 3 illustrates an architecture of a server of Figure 1, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Exemplary embodiments now will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this invention will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey its scope to those skilled in the art. The terminology used in the detailed description of the particular exemplary embodiments illustrated in the accompanying drawings is not intended to be limiting. In the drawings, like numbers refer to like elements.
The specification may refer to “an”, “one” or “some” embodiment(s) in several locations. This does not necessarily imply that each such reference is to the same embodiment(s), or that the feature only applies to a single embodiment. Single features of different embodiments may also be combined to provide other embodiments.
As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless expressly stated otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “includes”, “comprises”, “including” and/or “comprising” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being “connected” or “coupled” to another element, it can be directly connected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may be present. Furthermore, “connected” or “coupled” as used herein may include wirelessly connected or coupled. As used herein, the term “and/or” includes any and all combinations and arrangements of one or more of the associated listed items.
Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention

pertains. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.
The figures depict a simplified structure only showing some elements and functional entities, all being logical units whose implementation may differ from what is shown. The connections shown are logical connections; the actual physical connections may be different.
In accordance with Figures 1-3, a system 100 includes one or more electrical power sources 102…102n which are located at a first location. In an embodiment, the first location may be a closed indoor environment. The system can 100 may further include an electronic device 104 which determines an operational state of the one or more electrical power sources 102…102n and generate one or more electrical parameters indicating the determined operational state of the former electrical power sources 102…102n. The system 100 further includes a server 108 which may receive the generated one or more parameters from the electronic device 104.
In an embodiment, the former electrical parameters may refer to a voltage gradient between line and earth (L-E), neutral to earth (N-E), and phase to neutral (P-N), current, power factor, and the like. The electronic device 104 is communicatively connected to the server 108. The electronic device 104 may be connected to the server 108 through a wireless connection or a wired connection.
The system 100 may further include network elements 112 which are associated with the first location. The network elements 112 maybe powered by the one or more electrical power sources 102…102n available at the first location. In an embodiment, the network elements 112 may include one or more devices which facilitates services of communication network for computing devices first location. The system 100 further include a network monitoring tool 110 which generates real-time network data indicating performance of the network elements 112 at the real-time. The network monitoring tool 110 is further connected to the server 108 to provide the generated real-time network data to the server 108.

The server 108 may include an I/O Interface 206, a processing device 202, and memory 204 coupled with the processing device 202. The server 108 may receive the one more electrical parameters from electronic device 104 and may receive the real-time network data from the network monitoring tool one 110, through the I/O Interface 206. Specifically, the I/O Interface 206 may include a receiver 206a and a transmitter 206b for communicating with the electronic device 104 and the network monitoring tool 110. The processing device 202 may process the received real-time network data to detect whether a network incident has happened. When the processing device 202 detects the network incident, the processing device 202 processes the one or more electrical parameters to determine whether the one or more electrical parameters are within a predefined operating range. The processing device 202 may include a correlation engine 202a which correlate the real-time network data with the one or more electrical parameters which are beyond the predefined operating range to identify the electrical power sources 102 … 102n causing the network incident. In an embodiment, the network incident may include degradation of performance of the network elements 112 associated with the first location, such as a packet drop, a flapping issue, and other such network incidences.
In an event, the network incident is detected and the one more electrical parameters are within the predefined operating range, the processing device 202 may determine that the network incident is caused by a network management error. In an embodiment, the network management error may include one or more of: logical outing error with the network elements 112, a network protocol error with the network elements 112, and/or physical issues in the network infrastructure.
In events, when the one electrical parameters are beyond the predefined operating range, the processing device 202 checks for flags pertaining to the one or more electrical parameters. The correlation engine 202a may include checking means for checking the flags pertaining to the one electrical parameters. The correlation engine 202a may further include determining means for determining whether the flags which are corresponding to the logical outing error with the network elements 112, the network protocol error with the network elements 112, and/or the physical issues in the network infrastructure, our being set or unset. The correlation engine 202a may include time stamping means for determining timestamps of all the flags being set. Further the correlation engine

202a may further include rendering means for entering the correlation as a positive correlation based on a collinearity of the timestamps and the flags being set.
In an exemplary embodiment the correlation establishment by the correlation engine 202a is described with reference to a Table 1 as shown herein below.
For example, there is a network incident of the network being slow. The correlation engine 202a performance the following exemplary steps:
(a) A trouble ticket is logged as T1234 in the network monitoring tool 110. The ticket has the
description as “Network is slow at the first location” (a1). The ticket is logged at 2 PM (time being determined by the time-stamping means).
(i) The Correlation engine 202a may check for all flags pertaining to the electrical parameters. It
is observed that flag of N-E Voltage (a2) is set to 1. (Value is 10V against permissible limit of 0.2-3V). Other flags with respect to, for example V (L-E), V (L-N) and temperature are within the permissible limit and have no flags being activated.
(ii) The Correlation engine 202a may perform an analysis and may check whether the Network
Protocol is down (a3) or if logical errors are there on the link (a4). Based on the analysis, if it is observed that the Network protocol is up, and hence its flag is set to 0. Further, it is determined that there is no logical error i.e. (a4) is also set at 0, thereby logically isolating if there are any logical routing/protocol issues on the link established by the network elements 112.
(iii) Time stamp of step (a2), (a3) and (a4) are checked. The correlation engine 202a determines
that all flags related to (a3) and (a4) are not activated, thereby determining that the (a2) is the cause for the network incident. Furthermore, the correlation engine 202a determines a collinearity of the time stamp of (a2) till t-3 hours with (a1), thereby rendering the correlation a strong positive correlation between the spike in Voltage (N-E) and the corresponding network degradation. In an exemplary embodiment, the Table 1 includes the voltage element V(N-E), however for a person having ordinary skill in the art it is obvious to use the Table 1 for other parameters such as V(L-E),

V(L-N), temperature, current fluctuations and other such parameters. In one or more embodiments, other descriptions for additional parameters in the form of a5, a6, a7 … may also be included in the Table 1 herein below.

a1
1 1 a2 a3 a4 Result

0 0 0 Not applicable, there will be no such case

0 0 1 No earthing/power issue as a2 and other electrical
flags are set to 0. Issue is with Service provider as
1 a4 is set to 1

0 1 0 No earthing/power issue as a2 and other electrical
flags are set to 0. Issue is with routing as a3 is set
1 to 1

0 1 1 No earthing/power issue as a2 and other electrical
flags are set to 0. Issue is with SP/routing as both
1 a3 and a4 are set to 1

1 0 0 There is earthing issue which led to network
slowness as other network indicators (a3/a4) are
1 set to ‘0’

1 0 1 There is earthing issue which led to network
slowness as network protocol is up (a3) and line
1 errors are because of earthing issue

1 1 0 There could be earthing issue or protocol issues as
a cause of network slowness so respective actions will be initiated
In an embodiment, the server 108 may receive a temperature parameter indicating an ambient temperature of a surrounding of the network elements associated with the first location. In an embodiment, the electronic device 104 may generate the temperature parameter and provide the generated temperature parameter to the server 108. In another embodiment, the server 108 may receive the temperature parameter from temperature sensor installed at the first location. The processing device 202 may determine whether the received temperature parameter is beyond the predefined operating range. In an event, the temperature parameter is beyond predefined operating range, the processing device 202 may correlate real-time network data with the one or more electrical parameters which are beyond predefined operating range, to identify the electrical power sources name causing the network incident.

The I/O interface 206 may further include the transmitter 206b for transmitting control signals to manage the one electrical power sources 102 … 102n. In an embodiment, the control signals may enable circuit breakers at the first location to cut off an electrical power supply to network elements 112 associated with the first location when the processing device 202 determines that the electrical parameters are beyond the predefined operating range. In another embodiment, the control signals may enable the circuit breakers at the first location to turn on the electrical power supply to the network elements 112 when the processing device 202 determines that the electrical parameters are within the predefined operating range. In one more embodiment, the control signals may enable shutting down of particular network element when the network incident is detected. In an embodiment, the transmitter 206b may transmit alerts to users to provide information about the identified electrical power sources causing the network incident. In one embodiment, the alerts may be generated through multiple channels such as short messaging service or emails.
In an embodiment, the correlation engine 202a of the processing device 202, may correlate the one or more electrical parameters independent of the category of the electrical parameters, thereby establishing correlation between a network incident and any electrical parameters from the received one or more electrical parameters. In an exemplary scenario, if the processing device 202 has received a note down incident at time “t”, the processing device 202 may determine whether a high-temperature flag being received at time “t-1” is beyond the predefined operating range. On the determination that the temperature flag is beyond the predefined operating range, a positive correlation is ascertained by the processing device 202.
The system and method of the present disclosure provides a flexibility of minute monitoring of hitherto unmonitored parameters besides providing rendering ability of switching (shut/No shut) of electrical ports and a localised manner. The server 108 may be remotely connected to electronic device 104 and to the network monitoring tool 110, thereby eliminating the dependency on wired network infrastructure by leveraging GPRS/3G/4G networks. In another embodiment, the system and method of the present disclosure may leveraged NarrowBand IoT (NB-IOT), Long range, low power wireless platform (LORA), and other Low Power Wide Area network devices, for the implementation.

The system and method of the present disclosure utilising information being sensed in real-time for identifying impact of electrical parameters on the devices, thereby maximising the practicality of using the system of the present disclosure in real-world applications.
The system and method is disclosure provides preventive maintenance approach, thereby enabling identification of an inverse relationship between network performance and degradation of electrical parameters which is in general difficult to identify. The existing conventional systems and methods identifies residual current which is in effect and further the existing conventional systems and methods identify other threshold-based alerts, however fail to correlate the identified data with the grading network/infrastructure performance.
The system and method of the present’s closure facilitates transmitting of control signals to manage the one or more electrical power sources, which is time effective and cost-effective as compared to prior arts wherein manually cause-and-effect relation is established which is time and cost intensive.
In an exemplary embodiment, the system of the present disclosure have one or more following exemplary specifications:
• AC input range (Auxiliary port): Universal AC input/ Full range (84 - 264VAC/ 47- 420Hz)
• Surge protection on Auxiliary port: 3KVAC
• Current measurement range: *Rated for 20A
• Voltage measurement range: 285VAC (L-N), 285VAC (L-E) and 20VAC (N-E)
• Frequency measurement range: 47- 60 Hz
• Parameters measured: VL-N/ VL-E/ VN-E, I, KW, KVA, KVar, KWH, KVAH, KVarH, PF and Freq
• Temperature measurement/ accuracy: 0 to 100degreeC/ 0.5degreeC
• GSM Communication: Quad Band GSM
• Ethernet Communication: 10/ 100Mbps link speed.
Furthermore, the present invention was described in part above with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention.

It will be understood that each block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.
These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer- readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function/act specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.
The computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus like a scanner/check scanner to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.
The flowchart and schematic diagrams illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operations of some embodiments of methods, systems, and computer program products for managing security associations over a communication network. In this regard, each block may represent a module, segment, or portion of code, which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function(s). It should also be noted that in other implementations, the function(s) noted in the blocks may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending on the functionality involved.

In the drawings and specification, there have been disclosed exemplary embodiments of the invention. Although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation.

We Claim:
1. A system for remote monitoring and managing of a communication network, the system
comprising:
a receiver configured to receive a real time network data indicating performance of one or more network elements of the communication network associated with the first location and one or more electrical parameters indicating an operational state of one or more electrical power sources feeding power to the one or more network elements;
a processing device configured to determine whether the one or more electrical parameters are within a predefined operating range, in an event a network incident is detected based on the real time network data,
wherein the processing device comprises a correlation engine configured to correlate the real time network data with the one or more electrical parameters which are beyond the predefined operating range, to identify the electrical power sources causing the network incident.
2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the network incident comprises at least degradation of a performance of the one or more network elements associated with the first location.
3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein in the event the network incident is detected and the one or more parameters are within the predefined operating range, the correlation engine determines that the network incident is caused by a network management error.
4. The system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the network management error comprises one or more of: a logical routing error with the one or more network elements, a network protocol error with the one or more network elements, and/or physical issues in the network infrastructure.
5. The system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the correlation engine comprises:
checking means for checking flags pertaining to the one or more electrical parameters, the flags being set for the one or more electrical parameters which are beyond the predetermined operating range;
determining means for determining whether the flags corresponding to the logical routing error with the one or more network elements, the network protocol error with the one or more network elements, and/or the physical issues in the network infrastructure, are set or unset;
time-stamping means for determining time stamps of all the flags being set; and

rendering means for rendering the correlation positive based on a collinearity of the time stamps and the flags being set.
6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receiver is configured to receive a temperature parameter indicating an ambient temperature of a surrounding of the network elements associated with the first location.
7. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the processing device is configured to determine whether the one or more electrical parameters and/or the temperature parameter are beyond the predefined operating range.
8. A system for remote monitoring and managing of a communication network, the system comprising:
a processing device configured to determine whether one or more electrical parameters are within a predefined operating range when a network incident is detected, the one or more electrical parameters indicating an operational state of one or more electrical power sources feeding power to one or more network elements associated with a first location, the network incident being detected based on a real time network data indicating performance of the one or more network elements of the communication network associated with the first location; and
a transmitter configured to transmit control signals for managing the one or more electrical power sources,
wherein the processing device is configured to correlate the real time network data with the one or more electrical parameters which are beyond the predefined operating range, to identify the one or more electrical power sources causing the network incident.
9. The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the control signals enable circuit breakers at the first location for cutting OFF the electrical power supply to the one or more network elements associated with the first location, when the one or more electrical parameters are beyond the predefined operating range.
10. The system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the control signals enable the circuit breakers at the first location for turning ON the electrical power supply to the one or more network elements, when the one or more electrical parameters are within the predefined operating range.

11. The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit alerts to users to provide information about the identified electrical power sources causing the network incident.
12. A method of remote monitoring and managing of a communication network, the method comprising:
receiving, by a receiver, a real time network data indicating performance of one or more network elements associated with the first location and one or more electrical parameters indicating an operational state of one or more electrical power sources feeding power to the one or more network elements of the communication network associated with the first location;
determining, by a processing device, whether the one or more electrical parameters are within a predefined operating range, in an event a network incident is detected based on the real time network data,
wherein the real time network data is correlated, by a correlation engine, with the one or more electrical parameters which are beyond the predefined operating range, to identify the electrical power sources causing the network incident.
13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the network incident comprises at least degradation of a performance of the one or more network elements associated with the first location.
14. The method as claimed in claim 12 comprising determining that the network incident is caused by a network management error, in the event the network incident is detected and the one or more parameters are within the predefined operating range.
15. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the network management error comprises one or more of: a logical routing error with the one or more network elements, a network protocol error with the one or more network elements, and/or physical issues in the network infrastructure.
16. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the real time network data is correlated by:
checking flags pertaining to the one or more electrical parameters, the flags being set for the
one or more electrical parameters which are beyond the predetermined operating range;
determining whether the flags corresponding to the logical routing error with the one or more network elements, the network protocol error with the one or more network elements, and/or the physical issues in the network infrastructure, are set or unset;
determining time stamps of all the flags being set; and

rendering the correlation positive based on a collinearity of the time stamps and the flags being set.
17. The method as claimed in claim 12 wherein the step of receiving comprises receiving a temperature parameter indicating an ambient temperature of a surrounding of the network elements associated with the first location.
18. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the step of determining comprises determining whether the one or more electrical parameters and/or the temperature parameter are beyond the predefined operating range.
19. A method of remote monitoring and managing of a communication network, the method comprising:
determining, by a processing device, whether one or more electrical parameters are within a predefined operating range when a network incident is detected, the one or more electrical parameters indicating an operational state of one or more electrical power sources feeding power to one or more network elements associated with a first location, the network incident being detected based on a real time network data indicating performance of the one or more network elements of the communication network associated with the first location; and
transmitting, by a transmitter, control signals for managing the one or more electrical power sources,
wherein the real time network data is correlated, by a correlation engine, with the one or more electrical parameters which are beyond the predefined operating range, to identify the one or more electrical power sources causing the network incident.
20. The method as claimed in claim 19, wherein the control signals enable circuit breakers at the first location for cutting OFF the electrical power supply to the one or more network elements associated with the first location, when the one or more electrical parameters are beyond the predefined operating range.
21. The method as claimed in claim 20, wherein the control signals enable the circuit breakers at the first location for turning ON the electrical power supply to the one or more network elements, when the one or more electrical parameters are within the predefined operating range.

22. The method as claimed in claim 19, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit alerts to
users to provide information about the identified electrical power sources causing the network incident.