In doing so, the AVM controller may further determine a voltage-reduction reaction time that is required to implement a determined voltage-reduction, based at least in part on the voltage step-down rate of the potential transformer. Thus, the AVM controller may cause the potential transformer to initiate the voltage-reduction at a point-in-time that occurs prior to the inferred power surge by a time interval equal to or greater than the voltage-reduction reaction time.

In a non-limiting example, an AVM controller may infer that a power surge is likely to occur within a predetermined time interval, such as ten minutes. The AVM controller may further determine that the voltage-reduction reaction time associated with the potential transformer is greater than the predetermined time interval (i.e. ten minutes), based at least in part on the step-down voltage rate of the potential transformer. In the event that the AVM controller determines that it is unable to implement the voltage-reduction before the power surge occurs, the AVM controller may transmit a power cut-off control signal to the DC power source that causes the DC power source to cease power transmissions. In doing so, the AVM controller may protect the hardware and software elements of the RF antennas (i.e. baseband unit and RRU) from the impact of the power surge.

Further, the term “techniques,” as used herein, may refer to system(s), method(s), computer-readable instruction(s), module(s), algorithms, hardware logic, and/or operation(s) as permitted by the context described above and throughout the document.