摘要 |
A KEY (30, 72) TO CONFIGURE A WIRELESS DEVICE INCLUDES A NON-VOLATILE MEMORY (30, 72) TO STORE PARTIAL KEYING MATERIAL (35) AND A UNIQUE NETWORK IDENTIFIER. A KEY MANAGING CIRCUIT (32) COUPLED TO THE NON-VOLATILE MEMORY (30, 72) IS CONFIGURED TO COMBINE THE PARTIAL KEYING MATERIAL (35) WITH ADDITIONAL PARTIAL KEYING MATERIAL RECEIVED FROM DIFFERENT WIRELESS DEVICES (12A-12D) TO GENERATE COMPLETE KEYING MATERIAL. AN INTERFACE (36) IS CONFIGURED TO EXCHANGE DATA WITH DFERENT WIRELESS DEVICES (12A-12D), THE EXCHANGED DATA INCLUDING THE ADDITIONAL PARTIALKEYING MATERIAL AND THE COMPLETE KEYIN MATERIAL. (FIGURE 4) |