Patent ID: 9749134
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a first device and by using near field communications, a command indicating that a public key associated with the first device is to be sent to an access point that is associated with an access network, wherein the first device and the access point are associated with public-private key pairs; sending, by the first device and by using near field communications, the public key associated with the first device to the access point; receiving, by the first device and by using near field communications, a public key associated with the access point and encrypted authentication data associated with the access network; and configuring, based at least in part on receiving the public key associated with the access point and the encrypted authentication data associated with the access network, the first device to wirelessly connect to the access network associated with the access point.