System and method for joining a subscriber device to a communications network

A non-transitory processor readable medium containing a set of instructions thereon that when executed by a processor cause the processor to:

• receive, at a first subscriber device, the first subscriber device registered with a communications network, a request from a second subscriber device to join the communications network, the second subscriber device not registered with the communications network, the request received via a wireless communications link;
• send, by the first subscriber device, a request to the communications network for authorization for the second subscriber device to join the communications network;
• receive, by the first subscriber device, from the communications network an authorization for the second subscriber device to join the communications network, the authorization including a set of connection parameters for joining the communications network;
• and
• send, by the first subscriber device, the set of parameters for joining the communications network to the second subscriber device, over the wireless link, wherein the second subscriber device uses the set of connection parameters to join the communications network.