Device registration in a wireless multi-hop ad-hoc network
First Claim
1. A method for registering and authenticating a wireless communication device with a wireless ad-hoc network, the method comprising:
- wirelessly transmitting a registration request message from a requesting device to a node authorized to register the requesting device to the network;
monitoring an environment of the requesting device to detect other nodes;
sending out voting messages to the detected nodes to ensure that only the requesting device can register at nodes in the environment for a preprogrammed time interval;
authenticating the requesting device towards a user by playing an audio-visual signal,authenticating the authorized node towards the user by playing an audio-visual signal;
sanctioning registration by the user in a case the requesting device and the authorized node playing the audio-visual signal are ones the user intended to use; and
wirelessly transmitting a registration message in a positive case from the authorized node to the requesting device.
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Abstract
A wireless multi-hop ad-hoc network in which a wireless communication device is enabled to register with a multi-hop network in a secure and easy-to-use way. In one implementation a user'"'"'s wireless communication device is registered before allowing the device to enter a wireless multi-hop ad-hoc network and the device participates in communication with wireless nodes connected to the network. For this purpose, the device wirelessly transmits a registration request message to all the wireless nodes and determines the nearest wireless node in its environment being authorized to register the device to the network by evaluating wirelessly received response messages from the nodes.
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8 Claims
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1. A method for registering and authenticating a wireless communication device with a wireless ad-hoc network, the method comprising:
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wirelessly transmitting a registration request message from a requesting device to a node authorized to register the requesting device to the network; monitoring an environment of the requesting device to detect other nodes; sending out voting messages to the detected nodes to ensure that only the requesting device can register at nodes in the environment for a preprogrammed time interval; authenticating the requesting device towards a user by playing an audio-visual signal, authenticating the authorized node towards the user by playing an audio-visual signal; sanctioning registration by the user in a case the requesting device and the authorized node playing the audio-visual signal are ones the user intended to use; and wirelessly transmitting a registration message in a positive case from the authorized node to the requesting device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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