Transferring SNMP messages over UDP with compression of periodically repeating sequences
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1. A method of transferring User Datagram Protocol messages each incorporating a data unit, the method comprising:
- compressing the data unit;
encoding the compressed data unit into hexadecimal format; and
encapsulating the encoded results into a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) message having a plurality of variable binding Object Identifier (OID)/value pairs having a common OID code, wherein the encapsulating further includes distributing portions of the encoded results across multiple values of the OID/value pairs having a common OID code.
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Abstract
UDP messages incorporating respective payloads are transferred by the steps of first encoding each of the payloads into hexadecimal format and then compressing the encoded payloads based on the recognition of sequences that periodically appear in the respective messages.
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1. A method of transferring User Datagram Protocol messages each incorporating a data unit, the method comprising:
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compressing the data unit; encoding the compressed data unit into hexadecimal format; and encapsulating the encoded results into a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) message having a plurality of variable binding Object Identifier (OID)/value pairs having a common OID code, wherein the encapsulating further includes distributing portions of the encoded results across multiple values of the OID/value pairs having a common OID code. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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3. A method for receiving messages, comprising:
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receiving, at a receiver device, a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) message; identifying a plurality of variable binding Object Identifier (OID)/value pairs in the message, the OIDs in the pairs having a peculiar code; assembling a compressed data unit from data values in the identified OID/value pairs having the peculiar code; and decompressing the compressed data unit and reconstructing a second SNMP message from the decompressed results. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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