Authentication using dhcp services in mesh networks
AssigneeItron, Inc.
InventorsDaniel Popa, Mehdi Mani, Michael Thomas Garrison Stuber
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Abstract
A new device is deployed to an area in which a network is provided. The new device may join the network using a single handshake via a neighboring device that is a member of the network and register with a network management system managing the network. If the network is overloaded or has limited bandwidth remaining, the network may refuse to admit the new device, or if the new device is isolated, may force some devices that are members of the network to leave or migrate from the network to allow the isolated device to join the network.
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A method comprising:
- under control of a requesting device:
- discovering, by the requesting device, a neighboring device in a neighborhood of the requesting device, the neighboring device belonging to an autonomous routing network;
- sending, by the requesting device, a request to the neighboring device to join the autonomous routing network using a protocol, the protocol enabling the requesting device to perform a single handshake with the autonomous routing network to achieve an authentication of the requesting device, a receipt of a group key associated with the autonomous routing network and configuration information for the requesting device to set up with the autonomous routing network;
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- receiving feedback from the autonomous routing network via the neighboring device.
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A system comprising:
- a processing unit configured to perform acts comprising:
- receiving a message from a requesting device;
- analyzing the message to determine that the requesting device requests to join a network to which the system belongs;
- inserting an address of a controlling device as a destination address in the message, the controlling device being responsible for controlling addition of a new device to the network;
- relaying the request to the controlling device;
- receiving a response from the controlling device;
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- relaying the response to the requesting device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.