Apparatus, and associated method, for retrieving mobile-node device management tree information
First Claim
1. In a radio communication system defining a communication network having a mobile node forming a portion thereof, the communication network managed by a network manager, an improvement of apparatus for the mobile node for facilitating retrieval of capability indicia of the mobile node, the capability indicia representative of a dynamically alterable mobile node capability defined by objects maintained thereat, said objects being related to one another in a device management (“
- DevMan”
) tree according to an object map of the DevMan tree, said apparatus comprising;
a detector configured to receive a request message from said network manager for the root directory of said DevMan tree maintained at said mobile node;
a retriever operatively connected to said detector, said retriever being responsive to detection of said request message by said detector for retrieving said object map of said DevMan tree maintained at said mobile node; and
a response generator operatively connected to said retriever for generating to said network manager in a single response message a description of said retrieved object map of said DevMan tree.
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Abstract
Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating exchange of configuration indicia associated with a mobile node operable in a radio communication system. The mobile node is dynamically-configurable, and includes a DevMan tree. The indicia is provided to a network manager responsive to request therefore or upon initiation by the mobile node. When initiated at the network, a request message generator located at a network manager generates a Get message to request a root directory of the be provided to the network manager. The mobile node, upon delivery of the Get message thereto, retrieves an object map of the DevMan tree, defines it using recursion in a single response message, and sends the object map to the network manager.
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22 Claims
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1. In a radio communication system defining a communication network having a mobile node forming a portion thereof, the communication network managed by a network manager, an improvement of apparatus for the mobile node for facilitating retrieval of capability indicia of the mobile node, the capability indicia representative of a dynamically alterable mobile node capability defined by objects maintained thereat, said objects being related to one another in a device management (“
- DevMan”
) tree according to an object map of the DevMan tree, said apparatus comprising;
a detector configured to receive a request message from said network manager for the root directory of said DevMan tree maintained at said mobile node;
a retriever operatively connected to said detector, said retriever being responsive to detection of said request message by said detector for retrieving said object map of said DevMan tree maintained at said mobile node; and
a response generator operatively connected to said retriever for generating to said network manager in a single response message a description of said retrieved object map of said DevMan tree. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 21, 22)
- DevMan”
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9. In a radio communication system defining a communication network having a mobile node forming a portion thereof, the communication network managed by a network manager, an improvement of apparatus for facilitating retrieval by the network manager of capability indicia of the mobile node, said capability indicia representative of a dynamically alterable mobile node capability related to objects maintained thereat, said objects being related to one another in a device management (“
- DevMan”
) tree according to an object map of the DevMan tree, said apparatus comprising;
a network-positioned request generator operated by said network manager, said network-positioned request generator for generating a request message for communication to the mobile node, the request message requesting the root directory of said DevMan tree maintained at said mobile node. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- DevMan”
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17. In a method for communicating in a radio communication system defining a communication network having a mobile node forming a portion thereof, the communication network managed by a network manager, an improvement of a method for facilitating retrieval of capability indicia of the mobile node, the capability indicia representative of a dynamically alterable mobile node capability defined by objects maintained thereat, said objects being related to one another in a device management (“
- DevMan”
) tree according to an object map of the DevMan tree, said apparatus comprising;
receiving a request message from a network manager for the root directory of said DevMan tree maintained at said mobile node;
retrieving, in response to receipt of said request message, said object map of said DevMan tree maintained at said mobile node; and
generating to said network manager in a single response message a description of said retrieved object map of said DevMan tree. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
- DevMan”
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