METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MoCA NETWORK WITH PROTECTED SET-UP
AssigneeMaxLinear, Inc.
InventorsYoav Hebron, Na Chen, Zong Liang Wu, Ronald Lee
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for securing a network, for admitting new nodes into an existing network, and/or for securely forming a new network. As a non-limiting example, an existing node may be triggered by a user, in response to which the existing node communicates with a network coordinator node. Thereafter, if a new node attempts to enter the network, and also for example has been triggered by a user, the network coordinator may determine, based at least in part on parameters within the new node and the network coordinator, whether the new node can enter the network.
Claims20
A network comprising:
- a first node;
- and
- a second node, wherein:
- the first node comprises at least one circuit operable to, at least:
- send a first message to the second node comprising information that indicates protected setup has been triggered;
- send a second message to the second node indicating a slot in which the second node is to acknowledge receipt of the first message;
- and
- determine whether the first node is going to send a password to the second node or whether the second node is going to send a password to the first node;
- and
- the second node comprises at least one circuit operable to, at least:
- receive the first message;
- receive the second message;
- send a message to the first node in the slot specified by the second message acknowledging receipt of the first message;
- and
- determine whether the first node is to send a password to the second node or whether the second node is to send a password to the first node.
A network node comprising:
- at least one circuit operable to, at least:
- send a first message to a second node comprising information that indicates protected setup has been triggered;
- send a second message to the second node indicating a slot in which the second node is to acknowledge receipt of the first message;
- receive a message from the second node acknowledging receipt of the first message by the second node;
- determine whether to send a password to the second node or whether to receive a password from the second node;
- if it is determined to send a password to the second node, then send a password of the network node to the second node;
- and
- if it is determined to receive a password from the second node, then receive a password of the second node from the second node.
A network node comprising:
- at least one circuit operable to, at least:
- receive a first message from a second node comprising information that indicates protected setup has been triggered;
- receive a second message from the second node indicating a slot in which the network node is to acknowledge receipt of the first message;
- transmit a message to the second node at the indicated slot acknowledging receipt of the first message by the network node;
- determine whether to send a password to the second node or whether to receive a password from the second node;
- if it is determined to send a password to the second node, then send a password of the network node to the second node;
- and
- if it is determined to receive a password from the second node, then receive a password of the second node from the second node.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.