METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENSURING CONTINUED DEVICE OPERATIONAL RELIABILITY IN CLOUD-DEGRADED MODE

摘要

In the presence of a network fault condition (130) preventing communication between a communication device (106) and a network device (200) of a first network (102), a method (400) includes receiving a heartbeat request (128) from the communication device requesting permission for the communication device to perform a device operation. The method further includes obtaining device state data (110) associated with the communication device and determining whether the communication device is permitted to perform the device operation based on the device state data associated with the communication device. When the communication device is permitted to perform the device operation, the method also includes transmitting a heartbeat confirmation signal (126) to the communication device. The heartbeat confirmation signal permits the communication device to perform the device operation.