Patent · US Active

Peer-to-peer network

US8683551B2 · kind B2 · utility

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4References

6Claims

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Assignee

Alcatel Lucent · FR

Inventors

Marcel Pierer · Waiblingen, DE
Andreas Hertle · Aystetten, DE
Marco Tomsu · Ditzingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 4, 2008
Grant date	Mar 25, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 20, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/064
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In order to provide security within a peer-to-peer network (100) comprising common peers (0, 7, 10, 15, 20, 28) providing the functionality of the network (100), at least one police peer (4, 9, 23) is added to the network (100), said at least one police peer (4, 9, 23) providing security within the network (100) and being certified by a central certification authority (110) managing the certification and positioning of the peers (0, 4, 7, 9, 10, 15, 20, 23, 28).

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