System and Method for Concurrent Address Allocation and Authentication
AssigneeFuturewei Technologies, Inc.
InventorPhillip Barber
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Abstract
A method for coordinating network entry of a device includes authenticating the device coupled to the controller, and allocating an address for the device, wherein allocating the address for the device occur concurrently with but independently of authenticating the device. The method also includes completing the network entry of the device upon successful completion of authenticating the device and allocating the address for the device.
Claims22
A method for coordinating network entry of a device, the method comprising:
- authenticating, by a controller, the device coupled to the controller;
- allocating, by the controller, an address for the device, wherein allocating the address for the device occur concurrently with but independently of authenticating the device;
- and
- completing, by the controller, the network entry of the device upon successful completion of authenticating the device and allocating the address for the device.
A method for coordinating network entry of a device, the method comprises:
- receiving, by a controller, an authentication request message in a single time instance from the device;
- receiving, by the controller, an address assignment request message in the single time instance from the device;
- processing, by the controller, the authentication request message;
- processing, by the controller, the address assignment request message concurrently with but independently of processing of the authentication request message;
- and
- enabling, by the controller, data traffic upon successful completion of processing of the authentication request message and processing of the address assignment request message.
A controller comprising:
- a processor configured to authenticate a device coupled to the controller, to allocate an address for the device, wherein allocating the address for the device occur concurrently with but independently of authenticating the device, and to complete a network entry of the device upon successful completion of authenticating the device and allocating the address for the device.
A controller comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive an authentication request message in a single time instance from a device, and to receive an address assignment request message in the single time instance from the device;
- and
- a processor operatively coupled to the receiver, the processor configured to operate on the authentication request message, to operate on the address assignment request message concurrently with but independently of processing of the authentication request message, and to enable data traffic upon successful completion of processing of the authentication request message and processing of the address assignment request message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.