Steven J Matz

US Patent:

63012669, Oct 9, 2001

Filed:

Feb 10, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/247386

Inventors:

Larry M. Peterson - West Dundee IL
Vijay Agarwal - Streamwood IL
Eliza Ballew - Schaumburg IL
Kristin Cramer - Palatine IL
Lana Dubinsky - Buffalo Grove IL
John D. Harper - Schaumburg IL
Brad Karch - Schaumburg IL
Randall G. Kremske - Woodstock IL
Steven A. Matz - Deerfield IL

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

H04J 316
H04J 322

US Classification:

370465

Abstract:

A method of managing objects residing in a communication system includes the steps of reading (201), by a network manager for a plurality of objects represented by at least one agent and residing in a communication system, a mapping of bitmap types to object types and monitoring (203) at least one communication resource between the network manager and the at least one agent. After service interruption on one communication resource of the at least one communication resource, and upon detecting (207) a return to service of the one communication resource, the network manager reads at least one bitmap from the at least one agent, wherein the at least one bitmap represents information relating to at least one object of the plurality of objects, and interpreting (213) the at least one bitmap by utilizing the mapping of bitmap types to object types in order to determine a status of the at least one object of the plurality of objects.