Method and network node device for controlling the run of technology specific push-button configuration sessions within a heterogeneous or homogenous wireless network and heterogeneous or homogenous wireless network

摘要

A method and network node device control the run of technology specific Push-Button Configuration sessions within a heterogeneous or homogeneous wireless network as well as a heterogeneous or homogeneous wireless network detecting a session overlap within the network. The session is related to a configuration session (bootstrapping session, setup session) that establishes a security configuration for encrypted communication over a wireless link it is proposed an enhanced mechanism for controlling the run of technology specific Push Button Configuration sessions within a heterogeneous or homogeneous wireless network and a plurality of network node devices interconnected to each other via at least one interface and/or over multiple hops and authenticated or unauthenticated for the network by using a piece of information, e.g. a “Configuration Setup Session Identifier (CSSID),” for identifying a technology specific Push Button Configuration setup session.

主权项

1. A method for controlling technology specific Push Button Configuration sessions within a heterogeneous or homogeneous wireless network including a plurality of network node devices interconnected to each other via at least one interface and/or over multiple hops and authenticated or unauthenticated for the network, the method comprising:
triggering an authenticated first network node device, by a first virtual or physical Push Button Event that is assigned to the first network node device, to directly or indirectly send a notification message to at least one second network node device, which has been authenticated, the notification message notifying the at least one second node device about the first Push Button Event; starting, by each of the first network node device and the at least one second network node device, a Push Button Configuration session; triggering an unauthenticated third network node device, by a second virtual or physical Push Button Event that is assigned to the third network node device, to start a technology specific Push Button Configuration session; creating, by the first network node device, a first configuration setup session identifier that identifies a first specific configuration setup session and transmitting the first configuration setup session identifier to the at least one second network node device in the notification message; sending, by each of the first network node device and the at least one second network node device within each respective Push Button Configuration session, the first configuration setup session identifier to the third network node device via at least one wireless message; and (a) running, by the third network node device, the technology specific Push Button Configuration session with one of the first network node device and the at least one second network node device, the third network node device running the technology specific Push Button Configuration session as a result of receiving the same configuration setup session identifier from the first network node device and the at least one second network node device, or
(b1) triggering an unauthenticated external device that is not part of the network, by a third virtual or physical Push Button Event that is assigned to the external device, to start a Push Button Configuration session for the external device;(b2) creating a second configuration setup session identifier that identifies a second specific configuration setup session, the second configuration setup session identifier being created by external device;(b3) sending within the Push Button Configuration session for the external device, the second configuration setup session identifier from the external device to the third network node device via at least one second wireless message; and(b4) detecting a session overlap by the third network node device, aborting the technology specific Push Button Configuration session, and not running the technology specific Push Button Configuration session with any of the first network node device, the at least one second network node device, and the external device as a result of receiving the first and second configuration setup session identifiers that are different from each other from the first network node device, the at least one second network node device, and the external device.