Patent ID: 7957737
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A mesh node association method by a mesh node in a mesh network, the mesh network comprising a plurality of mesh nodes, the method comprising: associating a new mesh node to a particular mesh node among the plurality of mesh nodes; authenticating the new mesh node by performing, by the particular mesh node, an authentication procedure for the new mesh node; generating context information comprising authentication information of the new mesh node; and delivering the context information to at least one neighbor mesh node included in a neighbor list; wherein the delivering of the context information is performed after the generating of the context information and before the new mesh node requests re-association with any of the at least one neighbor mesh node; the neighbor list is a neighbor list of the particular mesh node; and the authentication information of the new mesh node is generated during the authenticating of the new mesh node in the authentication procedure performed by the particular mesh node, and enables the at least one neighbor mesh node to authenticate the new mesh node without performing the authentication procedure performed by the particular mesh node in authenticating the new mesh node.