Authorizing customer premise equipment on a sub-network
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1. A computer implemented method comprising:
- receiving an encrypted connection request from a customer premise equipment device ata network termination unit, the encrypted connection request being encrypted using a network membership key;
forwarding the encrypted connection request to an authorization server;
receiving, at a network termination unit, an encrypted network membership key from the authorization server, the encrypted network membership key being encrypted using a device access key associated with the network termination unit;
decrypting, by the network termination unit, the encrypted network membership key using the device access key; and
authorizing, by the network termination unit, the customer premise equipment device to join a subnet associated with the network termination unit.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for authorizing a customer premise equipment (CPE) device to join a network through a network termination unit (NTU). The CPE device can send an encrypted connection request, and an authorization server can decrypt the connection request and provide a network membership key (NMK) associated with the CPE device to the NTU. The authorization server can encrypt the NMK associated with the CPE device using a device access key (DAK) associated with the NTU.
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1. A computer implemented method comprising:
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receiving an encrypted connection request from a customer premise equipment device at a network termination unit, the encrypted connection request being encrypted using a network membership key; forwarding the encrypted connection request to an authorization server;
receiving, at a network termination unit, an encrypted network membership key from the authorization server, the encrypted network membership key being encrypted using a device access key associated with the network termination unit;decrypting, by the network termination unit, the encrypted network membership key using the device access key; and authorizing, by the network termination unit, the customer premise equipment device to join a subnet associated with the network termination unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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7. A system comprising:
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an authorization server computer; and a network termination unit comprising; A processor; A computer readable storage media storing executable instructions that when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform the steps of; receiving an encrypted connection request from a customer premise equipment device, the encrypted connection request being encrypted using a network membership key, forwarding the encrypted connection request to the authorization server, receiving an encrypted network membership key from the authorization server, the encrypted network membership key being encrypted using a device access key associated with the network termination unit; decrypting the encrypted network membership key using the device access key, and authorizing the customer premise equipment device to join a subnet associated with the network termination unit. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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