Patent ID: 9219785
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: A61B,G16H,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of allocating network elements to a wireless network, wherein with a transmitter of an allocation unit, transmitting in a user-controlled manner, a first code to a first network element, which first code causes the first network element to transmit an encoded identification (ID) comprising its ID and the received first code, so that the encoded ID is received by a second network element having network administration function, which allocates the first network element to its wireless network, wherein a temporary activation of the second network element to receive the encoded ID from the first network element takes place by receiving the first code from the allocation unit, wherein the second network element accepts only identifications from network elements having the same first code, and wherein the allocation unit is one of a plurality of differently encoded allocation units, said allocation unit having a short transmission range and the transmitted first code is unique for each allocation unit.