Device registration in a wireless multi-hop ad-hoc network
US7573855B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 12, 2004 |
| Grant date | Aug 11, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 13, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W80/00
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A wireless multi-hop ad-hoc network in which a wireless communication device is enabled to register with a multi-hop network in a secure and easy-to-use way. In one implementation a user's wireless communication device is registered before allowing the device to enter a wireless multi-hop ad-hoc network and the device participates in communication with wireless nodes connected to the network. For this purpose, the device wirelessly transmits a registration request message to all the wireless nodes and determines the nearest wireless node in its environment being authorized to register the device to the network by evaluating wirelessly received response messages from the nodes.
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