MOBILE-CONTACT-MIB

Description: Tracks mobile device contact registration, reachability, and location state.

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MOBILE-CONTACT-MIB, described in its module text as a "Definition MIB file for transferring handset information," is an apparently academic/research-originated MIB (its 'university' object suggests a university-authored registration arc) for exposing mobile handset contact-list data over SNMP. It carries handset software information (handsetOS) alongside contact list and phone number tables (contactListTable, contactNumberTable) with an overall contactCount, essentially modeling the handset's address book rather than classic device sensors. Its monitoring value centers on the software status of the handset — which OS it reports and how many contacts/numbers are currently registered — rather than uptime, temperature, or CPU-type telemetry. There is no indication of dependency on standard IETF device MIBs; it appears to be a bespoke MIB built for handset-to-network contact synchronization research or prototyping. It would be deployed in an experimental mobile device management or handset telemetry context rather than a mainstream commercial NMS, with the MOBILE-CONTACT-MIB MIB itself reading as a research prototype rather than a production standard.

Polling contactListTable (indexed by contactListIndex) returns contactName entries, while the related contactNumberTable (indexed by contactNumberIndex) returns contactID/contactNumber pairs; comparing the row count against contactCount would reveal a truncated or out-of-sync contact-list transfer, and handsetOS confirms which handset OS version reported the data.

SNMP MIB module for managing mobile network connectivity and contact information. Enables monitoring of mobile communication endpoints and related network parameters through standardized SNMP access.