System for transmitting a data signal in a network, method, mobile transmitting device and network device
First Claim
1. A system for transmitting a data signal, comprising:
- a plurality of network devices, including a first network device and a second network device;
a network connecting the plurality of network devices based on at least a first communication carrier, the first communication carrier being a wired communication carrier;
a network key generator configured to generate a network key; and
a mobile transmitting device, different from the plurality of network devices, configured to transmit the network key to the first network device and the second network device of the plurality of network devices on a second communication carrier, the second communication carrier being a near-field communication carrier, and the near-field transmission of the network key to the first and second network devices being at the same time,wherein the first and second network devices are configured to communicate with each other via the wired communication carrier based on a link encryption key based on the network key.
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Abstract
A system for transmitting a data signal is provided, comprising a plurality of network devices; a network connecting the plurality of network devices based on at least a first communication carrier, wherein the first communication carrier is a wired communication carrier; a network key generator configured to generate a network key; a mobile transmitting device configured to transmit the network key to at least one of the plurality of network devices on a second communication carrier, wherein the second communication carrier is a wireless carrier, and wherein the network devices are configured to communicate with the other network devices based on a link encryption key based on the network key. A corresponding method, a mobile transmitting device and a network device are provided as well.
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19 Claims
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1. A system for transmitting a data signal, comprising:
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a plurality of network devices, including a first network device and a second network device; a network connecting the plurality of network devices based on at least a first communication carrier, the first communication carrier being a wired communication carrier; a network key generator configured to generate a network key; and a mobile transmitting device, different from the plurality of network devices, configured to transmit the network key to the first network device and the second network device of the plurality of network devices on a second communication carrier, the second communication carrier being a near-field communication carrier, and the near-field transmission of the network key to the first and second network devices being at the same time, wherein the first and second network devices are configured to communicate with each other via the wired communication carrier based on a link encryption key based on the network key. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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4. A method for transmitting a data signal in a network including a plurality of network devices, including a first network device and a second network device, based on at least a first communication carrier, the first communication carrier being a wired communication carrier, the method comprising:
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generating a network key; transmitting the network key from a mobile transmitting device, different from the plurality of network devices, to the first network device and the second network device of the plurality of network devices on a second communication carrier, the second communication carrier being a near-field communication carrier, and the near-field transmission of the network key to the first and second network devices being at the same time; and transmitting the data signal between the first and second network devices on the first communication carrier based on a link encryption key that is based on the network key. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A mobile transmitting device for transmitting a network key for communicating between a plurality of network devices, including a first network device and a second network device, using a link encryption key based on the network key, and using a first communication carrier, the first communication carrier being a wired communication carrier, the mobile device comprising:
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memory to store the network key; and interface circuitry configured to transmit the network key to the first network device and the second network device, at the same time, using a second communication carrier, the second communication carrier being a near-field communication carrier.
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8. A stationary network device for transmitting a data signal on a network based on a first communication carrier and a link encryption key to at least another stationary network device, the first communication carrier being a wired communication carrier, the stationary network device comprising:
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interface circuitry configured to receive a network key based on a second communication carrier, the second communication carrier being a near-field communication carrier; a link encryption key generator configured to generate the link encryption key based on the network key; and transmission circuitry configured to transmit the network key to a mobile transmitting device, different from the stationary network device and the another stationary network device, based on the near-field communication carrier.
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9. A system for transmitting data, comprising:
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a plurality of network devices, including a first network device and a second network device; a network connecting the plurality of network devices based on at least two communication carriers, the at least two communication carriers being wireless communication carriers; a network key generator configured to generate a network key; and a mobile transmitting device, different from the plurality of network devices, configured to transmit the network key to the first network device and the second network device of the plurality of network devices on a further communication carrier, the further communication carrier being a near-field communication carrier, and the near-field transmission of the network key to the first and second network devices being at the same time, wherein the first and second network devices are configured to communicate with each other via the at least two communication carriers based on respective link encryption keys of the first and second network devices based on the network key.
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