Patent ID: 7587739

Claim:
A method of communicating between a point of deployment (POD) module and a host device included in an open cable diagnosing system using a communication protocol, the method comprising: sending, by the POD module, a diagnostic request in accordance with a diagnostic resource to the host device; and sending, by the host device, a diagnostic response in accordance with the diagnostic resource to the POD module, wherein the diagnostic resource is included in a resource layer, wherein the diagnostic resource comprises: a diagnostic request object, which is used by the POD module when sending the diagnostic request to the host device for performing a specific set of diagnostic functions; and a diagnostic confirmation object, which is used by the host device when sending diagnostic response to the POD module after performing the diagnostic functions, the diagnostic response including a diagnostic result of the performed diagnostic functions, wherein the diagnostic resource defines that the diagnostic request object includes a plurality of identifiers, each identifier being assigned to one of plural functional units in the host device to be checked for a corresponding status, and wherein the diagnostic confirmation object includes diagnosed state information about each of the functional units.