METHOD, SYSTEM, CLIENT AND SERVER FOR LOCATING OPERATION NODES IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20130103799A1
• Filed: 12/03/2012
• Published: 04/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: He, Jiangshui, Li, Kepeng, Chai, Xiaoqian, Gao, Hongtao
• Granted Patent: US 9,009,306 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0213 Standardised network management protocols, e.g. simple network management protocol [SNMP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/045 comprising client-server management architectures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to the field of mobile communication technologies, and provides a method for locating operation nodes in a communication system. The method includes using an identifier in the received message to obtain an adjusted path from the root node of the management tree of the client to the standard management object corresponding to the identifier, using the message to obtain a relative path between the target operation node and the root node of the standard management object on the management tree, concatenating the adjusted path with the relative path, and locating the target operation node according to the concatenated path. The present disclosure also provides a system for locating operation nodes, a client for locating operation nodes in a communication system, and a server for performing management operations for clients.

Claims

1. A method for locating operation nodes in a communication system, comprising:

receiving by a client, a message comprising information regarding an identifier and a relative path, for locating a target operation node in a device management tree in the client based on OMA DM standard, wherein the identifier is used to identify a standard management object of the device management tree of the client;

wherein the identifier is the same for the same standard management object in each of the device management trees of different clients;

wherein the relative path is a path between the target operation node and a root node of the standard management object of the device management tree;

wherein the relative path is the same for the same standard management object in each of the device management trees of the different clients;

searching by the client, the device management tree of the client for the standard management object corresponding to the identifier to obtain a corresponding adjusted path between a root node of the device management tree and the root node of the standard management object of the device management tree;

wherein a corresponding adjusted path of the each of the device management trees of the different clients is obtained according to the identifier; and

concatenating the corresponding adjusted path with the relative path to obtain a concatenated path, and locating the target operation node according to the concatenated path.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the received message is encapsulated through a unified locating mode.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the received message comprises two labels “

MOId” and

“

RelURI”

, wherein the identifier is encapsulated into the label “

MOId” and

the relative path is encapsulated into the label “

RelURI”

.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the information on the relative path comprising a root node name of the standard management object on the management tree, and an operation path between the relative path indicator and the target operation node; and

the method comprising;

obtaining the relative path by using the received message; and

substituting the root node name of the standard management object for the relative path indicator in the operation path to obtain the relative path.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

obtaining a final node name of each corresponding adjusted path, when obtaining a plurality of adjusted paths; and

comparing the root node name in the relative path with the final node name in each corresponding adjusted path, and using one of the plurality of adjusted paths whose root node name is the same as the final node name as a unique adjusted path.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

multiple clients receive the received message, and use the received message to locate target operation nodes.

8. The client of claim 6, wherein the relative path identifying unit comprises:

an information obtaining unit, configured to obtain, from the message, a root node name of the standard management object on the management tree, and an operation path between a relative path indicator and the target operation node; and

a converting unit, configured to substitute the root node name obtained by the information obtaining unit for the relative path indicator in the operation path to obtain the relative path.

9. The client of claim 6, wherein the identifier locating unit comprises:

a searching unit, configured to use the identifier to search the management tree of the client for the standard management object; and

an adjusting path identifying unit, configured to obtain the corresponding adjusted path between the root node of the management tree of the client and the standard management object searched out by the searching unit.

10. The client of claim 9, wherein the identifier locating unit further comprises a node identifying unit such that when a plurality of adjusted paths are searched out, the node identifying unit is configured to obtain the final node name of each corresponding adjusted path, compare the root node name obtained by the relative path identifying unit with each final node name, and use one of the plurality of adjusted paths whose root node name is the same as the final node name as a unique adjusted path, and send the unique adjusted path to the path connecting unit.

7. A client for locating operation nodes in a communication system, comprising:

an identifier locating unit, configured to use an identifier of a standard management object in a message to obtain a corresponding adjusted path between a root node of a device management tree of the client and a root node of the standard management object based on OMA DM standard;

wherein the identifier is used to identify the standard management object of the device management tree of the client;

wherein the identifier is the same for the same standard management object in each of the device management trees of different clients;

a relative path identifying unit, configured to obtain a relative path between a target operation node and the root node of the standard management object of the device management tree from the message;

wherein the relative path is the same for the same standard management object in each of the device management trees of the different clients; and

a path connecting unit, configured to concatenate the corresponding adjusted path obtained by the identifier locating unit with the relative path to obtain a concatenated path, and locate the target operation node according to the concatenated path.

11. A method for locating operation nodes in a communication system, comprising:

receiving, by a client, a message comprising information regarding an identifier and a relative path, for locating a target operation node in a device management tree in the client, wherein the identifier is unique and is registered for the same standard management objects in an Open Mobile Naming Authority (OMNA);

wherein the relative path is a path between the target operation node and a root node of the standard management object of the device management tree;

searching, by the client, the device management tree of the client for the standard management object corresponding to the identifier to obtain a corresponding adjusted path between a root node of the device management tree and the root node of the standard management object of the device management tree; and

concatenating the corresponding adjusted path with the relative path to obtain a concatenated path, and locating the target operation node according to the concatenated path.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein:

the received message is encapsulated through a unified locating mode.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein:

the received message comprises two labels “

MOId” and

“

RelURI”

, the identifier is encapsulated into the label “

MOId” and

the relative path is encapsulated into the label “

RelURI”

.