Patent ID: 9113330
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A controller including at least a processor, comprising: logic implemented in at least hardware and configured to generate a beacon message with a security identifier in a Counter Mode Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol (CCMP) header of the beacon message, wherein the hardware logic is configured to control a transmitter to wirelessly transmit the beacon message, wherein the beacon message is configured to announce to a remote device that a wireless device is available to communicate, and wherein the security identifier identifies a public key for the wireless device, wherein the beacon message does not include the public key, wherein the security identifier causes the remote device to obtain the public key from a third party, and wherein the security identifier and an address of the wireless device correlate the wireless device with the public key of the wireless device when the remote device retrieves the public key from the third party.