Patent ID: 6081838
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method for converting, in an OSI (Open System Interconnection) network name tree, an MOI (Managed Object instance) identification name, into an index, wherein ""n"" denotes a number of MOI in the OSI network name tree, ""m""=.vertline.r.vertline..div.N, ""[x]"" denotes an integer rounded up from a value x and ""XOR"" denotes an exclusive OR, said method comprising the steps of:dividing an MOI identification name into m blocks Bi (1.ltoreq.i .ltoreq.m), wherein each block N includes bits, N=log.sub.2 n, wherein a value 0""is applied to an m-th block B.sub.m if an insufficiency of a bit occurs in the m-th block B.sub.m ;performing an XOR of a j-th bit N.sub.ij (1.ltoreq.j N) of each block B.sub.j as C.sub.j =b.sub.1j XOR b.sub.2j XOR b.sub.3j . . . XOR b.sub.mj ;making an N bit sequence C.sub.1 C.sub.2 C.sub.3 . . . C.sub.N as an index of an MOI identification name by sorting said calculated value C.sub.j from C.sub.1 to C.sub.N ;allotting the index of the MOI identification name to a corresponding MOI contained in the OSI network name tree; andperforming management operations on at least one MOI by referencing at least one allotted index.