Patent ID: 7665126
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A mesh router comprising: at least one processor; a network interface configured to communicatively couple the mesh router with one or more other mesh routers on a network; and one or more media configured to store a mesh-router- producing-entity-issued certificate of a plurality of certificates issued by a mesh-router-producing entity, the stored certificate comprising a name, a signature, and a public key, wherein the name corresponds to a name of the mesh router, the signature corresponds to an authentication by the mesh-router- -producing entity, and the public key certifying that the mesh-router-producing-entity-issued certificate is bound to the name of the mesh router and configured to store processor-executable instructions capable of being executed by the at least one processor, the processor-executable instructions configured to direct the router to perform actions comprising: