Patent ID: 7471664

Claim:
A method, comprising: transmitting, from a first wireless device to a second wireless device, a first message including information, including a first list of different manageability services and data indicating whether control messages associated with the different manageability services in the first list are mandatory, optional, or not supported, describing a manageability policy of the first wireless device; receiving, by the first wireless device from the second wireless device, a second message including information, including a second list of different manageability services and data indicating whether control messages associated with the different manageability services in the second list are mandatory, optional, or not supported, describing a manageability policy of the second wireless device; and transmitting, from the first wireless device to the second wireless device, a third message including information, including a third list of different manageability services and data indicating whether control messages associated with the different manageability services in the third list are mandatory, optional, or not supported, describing a joint manageability policy to be followed in subsequent communications between the first and second wireless devices.