METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTHENTICATING A NETWORK DEVICE

摘要

A trust centre (310) for a wireless personal area network is arranged to perform authentication of communication devices joining the network. The trust centre is operatively coupled to a security server (340), which is arranged to store communication device keys. The trust centre is further arranged, upon a new communication device joining the network, to request from the security server a communication device key of the joining communication device for the purpose of authenticating the joining communication device.