Patent ID: 8688741
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for reporting device description framework information, comprising updating local device description framework information based on a structural change of a device management tree, wherein the device description framework information comprises hierarchical relationships between management objects in the device management tree, Uniform Resource Identifiers of the management objects, and attributes of the management objects; and notifying a device management server about an update of the device description framework information; wherein notifying the device management server about an update of the device description framework information comprises: transmitting to the device management server a notification message, of notifying the update of the device description framework information, which carries address information of updated device description framework information or of an updated part of the device description framework information; and returning the updated device description framework information or the updated part of the device description framework information in response to a Get command carrying the address information transmitted from the device management server; and wherein the notification message is an extended Generic Alert message with a field of message content type notifying that the device description framework information has been updated or partially updated and a field of message data being the address information of the updated device description framework information or of the updated part of the device description framework information.