Method and arrangement for providing a wireless mesh network

US9578506B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Unify GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Rainer Falk · Poing, DE
• Florian Kohlmayer · Rödental, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 27, 2015
• Grant date: Feb 21, 2017
• Expiry date: Jul 27, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y04S40/20
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for providing a wireless local network, wherein stationary communication devices and mobile communication devices are connected in the manner of a mesh as the sub-network, which is particularly connected to an infrastructure network and configured to exchange authentication messages with at least one communication device, which is particularly disposed in the infrastructure network and provides an authentication function. During an attempt to establish a first link by a first communication device connected to a communication device providing the authentication function to a second communication device connected to the communication device providing the authentication function, an authenticator role to be assigned as part of an authentication process is associated with the first and second communication devices, wherein at least one property correlating with the connection is analyzed for meeting a criterion. The invention further relates to an arrangement comprising means for carrying out the method.