Patent ID: 8850194
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for providing multi-hop access to a supplicant in a wireless communications network, the system comprising: a supplicant identifying an authenticator and seeking authentication by sending an authentication request to the authenticator via said wireless communications network; the authenticator to receive the authentication request from the supplicant, the authenticator creating a state on receiving the authentication request and determining if the authenticator will authenticate the supplicant based on a transmitter address included within the authentication request and a source address included within the authentication request; a prime authenticator to receive the authentication request by way of a relay from the authenticator; an authentication server connected to the prime authenticator to receive the authentication request from the authenticator; the authentication server to generate an authentication information in response to the authentication request and to relay the authentication information via the prime authenticator to the authenticator; and the authenticator to authenticate the supplicant using the authentication information by way of a four-way handshake, wherein the authenticator is in an indirect security relationship with the authentication server via the prime authenticator.