Method and apparatus of operating a wireless home area network

摘要

A method for operating a wireless home area network (WHAN), said network comprising:
a communication management device for managing the communication within said WHAN by allowing or refusing communication between the devices belonging to said WHAN and/or between a device of said WHAN and the outside;
a configuration device for configuring the devices belonging to said WHAN comprising a short range communication interface;
a plurality of network devices, whereas said communication management device further comprises a management database for storing management data related to the operation of said WHAN network, said management data comprising for each of said plurality of devices its device ID and its corresponding secret key, whereas said method comprises:
distributing a secret key from said configuration device to one of said plurality of devices via said short range communication interface in order to add it to the WHAN;
sending a configuration message from said configuration device to said communication management device which contains configuration information about the device to which said secret key has been sent; and
entering said configuration information into said management database of said communication management device.