公开(公告)号：US12155654B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-26

申请号：US17136161

申请日：2020-12-29

Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Inventor： Jun Tan ,  Dennis Edwards ,  Ye Luo ,  Bangliang Zhang ,  Wenqin Huang

IPC: G06F7/04 ,  H04L9/40

Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a first network device from a second network device, a request to probe a network connected to the first network device. The request includes an identification of the second network device. The method also includes determining whether the second network device is authenticated to the network based on the identification. The method further includes in accordance with a determination that the second network device is authenticated to the network, causing a response to the received request to be transmitted to the second network device to enable a connection of the second network device to the network. In this way, the enrollee network device can be onboarded to the existing network in an easy and time-saving manner.