Systems and methods for installing alarming systems at cell sites

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12430850-B2
Application number	US-202218084737-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2022
Priority date	Dec 20, 2022
Publication date	Sep 30, 2025
Grant date	Sep 30, 2025

Abstract

Systems and method for installing an alarming system at a cell site includes installing an alarm controller at a cell site; coupling a first end of a cable to an input of the alarm controller and a second end of the cable to a component of the cell site, wherein the alarm controller is adapted to provide alarming associated with the component; causing one or more cameras to capture a 360 degree view of the cell site; and providing a close-out package, wherein the close-out package provides verification of the alarm controller installation. Various embodiments include utilizing three dimensional (3D) modeling to perform virtual site surveys for verifying the installation of the alarming system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of installing an alarming system at a cell site, the method comprising steps of:
installing an alarm controller at a cell site;
coupling a first end of a cable to an input of the alarm controller and a second end of the cable to a component of the cell site, wherein the alarm controller is adapted to provide alarming associated with the component the alarming is adapted to provide an alarm responsive to detecting one or more atypical conditions of the component;
causing one or more cameras to capture a 360 degree view of the cell site, wherein the one or more cameras are adapted to detect one or more tags associated with the coupling of the first end and second end of the cable, and wherein the 360 degree view of the cell site includes the one or more tags; and
providing a close-out package, wherein the close-out package provides verification of the alarm controller installation based on the one or more tags.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the coupling is repeated for a plurality of cables and components, and wherein the alarm controller is adapted to provide alarming associated with each of the repeated plurality of components.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the alarm controller is installed in a shelter of the cell site, and the plurality of cables are coupled to the plurality of components within the shelter of the cell site.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the steps comprise causing the one or more cameras to capture a 360 degree view of an interior of the shelter.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the steps further comprise verifying that the plurality of cables are correctly coupled based on the 360 degree view.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the steps further comprise attaching one or more tags to each of the plurality of cables for identification.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the one or more tags are positioned to be visible in the 360 degree view.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more tags identify each of a plurality of cables based on which input of the alarm controller and which component a cable is coupled.

9. The method of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of components are any of components associated with the operation of the cell site, and alarming devices.

10. The method of claim 2 , wherein causing the one or more cameras to capture a 360 degree view of the cell site is performed remotely.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the steps further comprise sending the close-out package to one or more of a cell site owner and a cell site operator based on the verifying.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the steps further comprise creating a three dimensional (3D) model of the cell site, the 3D model including the one or more tags for verification.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the steps further comprise performing a virtual site survey to verify the installation of the alarming system.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more cameras include any of a camera apparatus and a mobile device adapted to capture photo and video.

Assignees

• Etak Systems Llc

Inventors

• Priest Lee

Classifications

• H04N7/181 Primary

  for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources · CPC title

• G06T2210/56

  Particle system, point based geometry or rendering · CPC title

• G06T17/20 Primary

  Finite element generation, e.g. wire-frame surface description, {tesselation} · CPC title