Patent · US Active

Apparatus and method for secure configuration of shared powerline devices

US7870600B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11Claims

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Allen J. Huotari · Garden Grove, US
Kendra S. Harrington · Irvine, US
Matthew McRae · Laguna Beach, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 25, 2006
Grant date	Jan 11, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 9, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04B2203/545
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Client adapter and method simplify security deployment in an EPN, including the shared services electrical power lines of a premises. With direct coupling, piggybacked adapter receives network signals and electrical from EPN-connected first adapter through a shared medium port. An authenticating adapter exchanges security management services and information with supplicant adapter. Two or more adapters may be piggybacked. Piggybacked adapters exchange security management service information without rogue intrusion. Exchanged information, stored, is later used to communicate securely. Defined adjacency (neighborhood) information can be exchanged, and a neighborhood established on an EPN, where one authorized neighbors securely communicate.

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