Patent Document ID: 20080069351
Application ID: 11857349
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for selecting security policies to be used between nodes of a mesh network, the method comprising: establishing a link between a local mesh network node and a remote mesh network node, wherein the link comprises a secure link based, at least in part, on an identifier corresponding to the local mesh network node and an identifier corresponding to the remote mesh network node; designating one of the local mesh network node and the remote mesh network node as a decision maker; determining an intersection of security policies supported by the local mesh network node and the remote mesh network node; selecting one of the intersection of security policies for use in secure communications between the local mesh network node and the remote mesh network node, wherein selection of the security policy comprises exchanging messages having authentication keys and pseudorandom numbers; and transmitting data between the local mesh network node and the remote mesh network node using the selected security policy.