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Method and system for improved authentication for communications network setup

US8514748B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Broadcom Corporation · US

Inventors

Mahesh Iyer · Saratoga, US
Henry Ptasinski · San Francisco, US
David Cohen · Milpitas, US
Clinton W. Brown · Monte Sereno, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 18, 2005
Grant date	Aug 20, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 12, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W88/02
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of a system for enabling secure wireless communication of information between stations in a communication system may comprise a configurator, that exchanges configuration information with a client station, in an IEEE 802.11 communication system. The exchange of configuration information may be encrypted based on information transmitted between the configurator and the client station via a communication network, and information that remains locally on the configurator and locally on the client station. Aspects of a method for enabling secure wireless communication of information between stations in a communication system may comprise exchanging configuration information between a configurator and a client station, in an IEEE 802.11 communication system. The exchanged configuration information may be encrypted based on information transmitted between the configurator and the client station via a communication network, and information that remains locally on the configurator and locally on the client station.

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