| US 7,512,783 B2 | ||
| Provision of security services for an ad-hoc network | ||
| Siamäk Naghian, Kaurakaski 2 E 2, FIN-02320 Espoo (Finland); and Tero Kä rkkäinen, Pehkosuonkatu 17 A 23, FIN-33820 Tampere (Finland) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 19, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/464,863. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/454306, filed on Mar. 14, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0179502 A1, Sep. 16, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04L 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01); H04K 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 713—155 [713/175; 713/176; 380/270; 726/4; 726/29] | 23 Claims |
| 1. A method for providing security services for ad-hoc nodes, the method comprising:
receiving a set of user identities as a group from a first node of an ad-hoc network at a second node of a network external
to the ad-hoc network, the set of user identities including user identities of a plurality of nodes of the ad-hoc network;
generating an authentication vector for each user identity of the received set of user identities, the authentication vector
including a plurality of authentication parameters; and
for each user identity of the set of user identities, sending an authentication parameter of the plurality of authentication
parameters associated with each user identity from the second node to the first node.
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