Westell, Inc.

Kentrox, Inc.

Joel M Tamkin

Benjamin Stump

Matthew Izzo

Kenneth D Huffman

David P Abraham

Kyle Jordon

John Slemmer

Mathew Izzo

Charles E Kirkendall, Iii

Douglas Menifee

Jeffrey T Harris

A method is disclosed for managing power at an unmanned remote cell site having at least one battery and at least one generator. The method includes the steps of determining whether there is a commercial power outage at the remote cell site and determining whether site temperature at the remote cell site and battery charge of the at least one battery at the remote cell site meet predetermined limits for battery discharging. Discharge of the at least one battery is automatically initiated to power the remote cell site if there is a commercial power outage and the site temperature and the battery charge both meet the predetermined limits for battery discharging. Operation of the at least one generator is automatically initiated to power the remote cell site if there is a commercial power outage and the site temperature and the battery charge do not both meet predetermined limits for battery discharging. Power load is transferred from the at least one generator to the at least one battery whenever the site temperature meets the predetermined limits and the battery charge is at full charge. Load is transferred back to commercial power when commercial power is restored.

Hybrid power management system and method for unmanned remote cell sites

A monitoring unit for a remote site includes a processor and memory configured to receive definitions of measurements and alarms to be collected at the remote site and to store the definitions of the measurements and alarms, a plurality of port connectors for communicating the processor with downstream collection devices that collect the measurements and alarms at the remote site, and a communication system for reporting the collected measurements and alarms to upstream systems. The definitions for the alarms and measurements can be provided from the port connections, stored script processes, and SNMP proxy. The memory is configured to automatically store a history of the measurements and alarms collected which can be exported to the upstream systems. The processor is configured to collect derived measurements not directly collected from the downstream collection devices.

Management system for monitoring and controlling remote sites and equipment

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Westerville, OH, United States of America

Joel M Tamkin