Patent ID: 8819415
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of authenticating a Personal Network Entity (PNE), comprising: transmitting, by a Personal Network GateWay (PN GW) a PNE serial number (SN storing, by the PN GW, an authentication value chain of a PNE received from the CPNS server and an inherent assignment key (TK encrypting, by the PN GW, a selected authentication value from among the authentication value chain by using the TK transmitting, by the PN GW, the encrypted authentication value to the corresponding PNE so that the encrypted authentication value is stored in the corresponding PNE; and performing, by the PN GW, an authentication procedure between the corresponding PNE and the CPNS server by using the encrypted authentication value stored in the corresponding PNE.