Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wireless access point security for multi-hop networks
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Application No.: US13766519Application Date: 2013-02-13
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Publication No.: US09510190B2Publication Date: 2016-11-29
- Inventor: Hang Zhang , Peiying Zhu , Mo-Han Fong , Wen Tong , Gamini Senarath , Derek Yu , David Steer
- Applicant: APPLE INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; H04W12/02 ; H04W88/08

Abstract:
Security in wireless communication networks that employ relay stations to facilitate communications between base stations and mobile stations is enhanced. In one embodiment, resource information provided to one or more relay stations from a base station or another relay station is encrypted prior to being delivered to the one or more relay stations. Only authorized relay stations are allocated an appropriate key necessary to decrypt the resource information. As such, only appropriate relay stations are able to access and use the resource information to effect communications directly or indirectly between the base stations and the mobile stations. In certain embodiments, the resource information is delivered between the various base and relay stations using either unicast or multicast delivery techniques.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130246784A1 WIRELESS ACCESS POINT SECURITY FOR MULTI-HOP NETWORKS Public/Granted day:2013-09-19
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