Patent ID: 9408133
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of identifying devices that are allowed to join a mesh network, the method comprising: determining steering data for the mesh network, the steering data comprising an indication of a device identifier, which is represented as a set of values in a Bloom filter, and a length of the device identifier, the device identifier being associated with a device that is allowed to join the mesh network and the length of the device identifier usable to determine the set of values, for the indication of the device identifier; and propagating the steering data from a commissioning device for the mesh network to one or more routers in the mesh network, said propagating enabling the one or more routers to transmit the steering data in a beacon message, the steering data enabling the device associated with the device identifier to compare the set of values in the Bloom filter to a second set of values determined at the device to identify that the device is allowed to join the mesh network.