Authorizing equipment on a sub-network

摘要

Systems and methods for authorizing a customer premise equipment (CPE) device to join a network through a network termination unit (NTU). The CPE device can send an encrypted connection request, and an authorization server can decrypt the connection request and provide a network membership key (NMK) associated with the CPE device to the NTU. The authorization server can encrypt the NMK associated with the CPE device using a device access key (DAK) associated with the NTU.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, at an authorization server, an encrypted request for a connection; identifying, by the authorization server, a first unique identifier associated with the encrypted request; identifying, by the authorization server, a network membership key associated with the first unique identifier; authorizing, by the authorization server, the encrypted request based on the network membership key; creating, by the authorization server, an encrypted network membership key, said creating including encrypting the network membership key using a device access key associated with a network termination unit; and communicating, by the authorization server, the encrypted network membership key to the network termination unit.