Patent ID: 7619977

Claim:
A method of entering a military, battlefield, or homeland security, environment node into a secure ad hoc network environment having an operating channel without a-priori registration of the entering military, battlefield, or homeland security, environment node, the method for use in a military, battlefield, or homeland security environment, the method comprising the steps of: establishing a registration link between the entering military, battlefield, or homeland security, environment node and a registry within the network environment via a registration channel that is separate from the secure operating channel of the secure network environment, and dedicating selected primary and secondary frequency channels within the Radio Frequency (RF) spectrum; registering the entering military, battlefield, or homeland security, environment node with the registry via the registration channel link only, wherein the registering step comprises the steps of receiving authentication data from the entering military, battlefield, or homeland security, environment node at the registry via the registration channel, authenticating the registering military, battlefield, or homeland security, environment node at the registry based upon the authentication data, and notifying the registering military, battlefield, or homeland security, environment node of successful registration via the registration channel, and wherein the registering step further comprises identification and non-repudiation of the registering military, battlefield, or homeland security, environment node; and upon successfully registering the military, battlefield, or homeland security, environment node, switching from the registration channel to the secure operating channel of the secure network environment for subsequent communications to thereby allow the registered military, battlefield, or homeland security, environment node to both transmit and receive data on an ad-hoc basis with a plurality of other military, battlefield, or homeland security, environment nodes each operating within the secure network environment using the secure operating channel.