Method and apparatus for management and updating of distributed user databases
First Claim
1. A method for enabling a visiting node providing a wireless communication network to join a network including a plurality of nodes, the method comprising:
- receiving, from the visiting node, a request to transfer a user database of the visiting node, wherein the visiting node user database includes user entries for users associated with the visiting node;
in response to a determination to update a master user database associated with the network to include the visiting node user database, obtaining the visiting node user database from the visiting node; and
merging the visiting node user database with the master user database, thereby joining the wireless communication network provided by the visiting node to the network including the plurality of nodes.
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Abstract
The invention includes a method and apparatus for authenticating a visiting node in a wireless network. A method includes receiving a request to transfer a user database of a visiting node, obtaining the visiting node user database from the visiting node in response to a determination to update a master user database to include the visiting node user database, and merging the visiting node user database with the master user database. The request to transfer the visiting node user database is received, from the visiting node, at a primary authentication node of the network. The visiting node user database includes entries for users associated with the visiting node. The master user database includes entries for users associated with nodes authenticated by the primary authentication node of the network.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for enabling a visiting node providing a wireless communication network to join a network including a plurality of nodes, the method comprising:
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receiving, from the visiting node, a request to transfer a user database of the visiting node, wherein the visiting node user database includes user entries for users associated with the visiting node; in response to a determination to update a master user database associated with the network to include the visiting node user database, obtaining the visiting node user database from the visiting node; and merging the visiting node user database with the master user database, thereby joining the wireless communication network provided by the visiting node to the network including the plurality of nodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for enabling a visiting node providing a wireless communication network to join a network, including a plurality of nodes, the apparatus comprising:
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processor configured to perform; means for receiving, from the visiting node, a request to transfer a user database of the visiting node, wherein the visiting node user database includes user entries for users associated with the visiting node; means for obtaining the visiting node user database from the visiting node in response to a determination to update a master user database associated with the network to include the visiting node user database; and means for merging the visiting node user database with the master user database thereby joining the wireless communication network provided by the visiting node to the network including the plurality of nodes. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a software program, that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method comprising:
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receiving, from a visiting node providing a wireless communication network, a request to transfer a user database of the visiting node, wherein the visiting node user database includes user entries for users associated with the visiting node; in response to a determination to update a master user database associated with the network to include the visiting node user database, obtaining the visiting node user database from the visiting node; and merging the visiting node user database with the master user database thereby joining the wireless communication network provided by the visiting node to the network. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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