Cell Tower Monitoring

While there is a communications channel available at the cell tower, often authorities consider a different / independent communications system. Additional system provides completely independent monitoring from the actual cell phone network using the tower.
The Neon Remote Terminal or Module may have
– analog and digital inputs to monitor tower light states,
– communications equipment status and primary and backup power system status
Some more complex equipment may also have Remote Terminal Units which come with Modbus registers that can be read routinely and reported, perhaps every 5, 10 or 30 minutes to a Neon Server. As a result, important data, on the overall status of the cell tower, can be displayed on a standard web browser.

To maintain network diversity / network independence, it is better to report the status using a satellite communications channel, either geostationary or low earth orbit, so the monitoring does not rely on the actual cell tower being operational.

The status of the cell tower can be displayed on a Google Map display and a mimic diagram can provide an easy visual representation of the tower and the status of the key monitoring points.

The Neon Server Applications software can display each cell tower on a Google maps interface, with a mimic icon colored based on operational status, green fro normal and amber or red for alarm condition for control room staff to quickly view areas where the cell towers are installed.

Alarms set up on key parameters and on an alarm condition, an SMS Alarm Alert, with escalation, or an email can be sent to key staff alerting them of a failure.