Patent ID: 7269821
Filing Date: 2007-09-11
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. Method for generating a request for obtaining at least a part of management related information of an electronic device, wherein said management related information is distributed among a plurality of nodes arranged as a hierarchical structure, at least one of said nodes is associated with a certain part of said management related information, wherein said request is generated by coding an address information identifying a selected node of said plurality of nodes and coding a command for instructing retrieval and return of said part of management related information in said selected node, and wherein said request additionally contains information relating to said hierarchical structure of said plurality of nodes connected to said selected node, and a command for instructing an exploration of said hierarchical structure starting from said selected node and including a defined number of hierarchical levels, an identification of nodes within said hierarchical structure relative to said selected node and retrieval and return said management related information distributed in said identified nodes.