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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2016
Time Warner Cable Enterprises Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Howard Pfeffer, Reston, VA (US);
Peter H Wolff, Bradenton, FL (US);
Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for detecting whether network nodes and CPE devices serviced by the network nodes are in the same region of a utility power grid are described. Methods and apparatus for using the result of the determination to control, e.g., automatically, backup power resource allocation are also described. Transforming the information collected from CPE devices and other devices into images which are displayed, e.g, as maps, is also described. An automatic determination of whether a network node is in the same power grid region as one or more groups of CPE devices to which the network node provides service. If a network node and a group of CPE devices serviced by the network node are in different utility power regions, backup power devices are automatically deployed to support service to CPE devices during an external power outage at the network node.