Patent ID: 9665707
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method of securing and authenticating a network, comprising: generating, by an electronic control module, at least one network key; distributing, over a wired power line, the at least one network key from the electronic control module to at least one remote device; extracting, by the remote device, the at least one network key from the wired power line; generating, by the remote device, a signature based on the at least one network key; transmitting, over a communication channel on the network separate from the wired power line, at least one signed transmission including the signature, from the at least one remote device to the electronic control module; receiving, by the electronic control module, the at least one signed transmission from the at least one remote device; authenticating the at least one signed transmission; receiving, by the electronic control module, a data stream transmitted by the at least one remote device over the communication channel; regenerating, by the electronic control module, the at least one network key based on at least one of a state of the data stream transmitted by the at least one remote device over the communication channel and a state of the communication channel; and securing the communication channel between the electronic control module and the at least one remote device.