Patent ID: 9351232
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of authorizing a commissioning device to become a commissioner to commission one or more joining devices to join a mesh network, the method comprising: receiving, at a border router, a request from the commissioning device to establish a secure connection to the border router using Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS); receiving, at the border router, a petition from the commissioning device to become the commissioner for the mesh network, the petition being received via a network interface other than a mesh network interface of the border router; transmitting, to a leader device of the mesh network, the received petition; receiving, from the leader device, a response to the petition, the response indicating acceptance or rejection of the petition; and in response to said receiving the response, transmitting to the commissioning device an indication of the acceptance or the rejection of the petition.