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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2006
Jeffrey D. Bonta, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Hong-yon Lach, Charenton-le-Pont, FR;
Bharat Bhargava, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Xiaoxin Wu, Beijing, CN;
Jeffrey D. Bonta, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Hong-Yon Lach, Charenton-le-Pont, FR;
Bharat Bhargava, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Xiaoxin Wu, Beijing, CN;
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Abstract
A method for providing secure communications among a plurality of ad hoc devices includes authenticating one or more first devices within a first network; authenticating one or more second devices within a second network; transmitting a group key to the authenticated first devices and to the authenticated second devices; establishing an ad hoc network by at least one of the authenticated first devices and at least one of the authenticated second devices using the group key; and communicating within the ad hoc network among the at least one of the authenticated first devices and the at least one of the authenticated second devices.