AUTHENTICATION FOR A MULTI-TIER WIRELESS HOME MESH NETWORK
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- discovering a wireless home mesh network in response to activation of a wireless node; and
authenticating the wireless node before permitting the wireless node to join the wireless home mesh network by;
(1) transmitting a first message, the first message including (i) an encrypted pass-phrase being a pass-phrase encrypted with a public key of the node of the wireless home mesh network, (ii) a checksum of the encrypted pass-phrase, (iii) a public key of the wireless node, and (iv) a checksum of the public key of the wireless node, and(2) receiving a second message, the second message including a code to indicate whether the wireless node has been successfully authenticated.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for a multi-tier wireless home mesh network is described. The method may include authentication of a node within a wireless home networking environment after discovering a wireless home mesh network. The authentication comprises (1) transmitting a first message, the first message including (i) an encrypted pass-phrase being a pass-phrase encrypted with a public key of the node of the wireless home mesh network, (ii) a checksum of the encrypted pass-phrase, (iii) a public key of the wireless node, and (iv) a checksum of the public key of the wireless node, and (2) receiving a second message, the second message including a code to indicate whether the wireless node has been successfully authenticated along with the challenge text verification process to ensure the message was not tampered or sent by another node. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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16 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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discovering a wireless home mesh network in response to activation of a wireless node; and authenticating the wireless node before permitting the wireless node to join the wireless home mesh network by; (1) transmitting a first message, the first message including (i) an encrypted pass-phrase being a pass-phrase encrypted with a public key of the node of the wireless home mesh network, (ii) a checksum of the encrypted pass-phrase, (iii) a public key of the wireless node, and (iv) a checksum of the public key of the wireless node, and (2) receiving a second message, the second message including a code to indicate whether the wireless node has been successfully authenticated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method, comprising:
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establishing a gateway node, communicably coupled to an external network, as a first tier of a wireless home mesh network; classifying one or more stationary electronics devices into a second tier of nodes partially forming the wireless home mesh network; classifying one or more mobile electronic devices into a third tier of nodes partially forming the wireless home mesh network; and wirelessly communicating with a node being part of the wireless home mesh network that, before permitting a wireless node to join the wireless home mesh network, authenticates the wireless node by (1) transmitting a first message that includes (i) an encrypted pass-phrase being a pass-phrase encrypted with a public key of the node being part of the wireless home mesh network and (ii) a checksum of the encrypted pass-phrase, (iii) a public key of the node being part of the wireless home mesh network, and (iv) a checksum of the public key of the node being part of the wireless home mesh network, and (2) receiving a second message, the second message including a code to indicate whether the wireless node has been successfully authenticated. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. Adapted for communications with a node of an ad hoc network, a wireless node comprising:
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a processor; a chipset coupled to the processor; a communications interface coupled to the chipset; and a logic unit coupled to the chipset, the logic unit including an authentication logic to authenticate the wireless node through use of an encrypted pass-phrase, a checksum of the encrypted pass-phrase, a public key of the node, and a checksum of the public key of the node. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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