Abstract: In a communications system comprising a number of base stations, each base station communicating over a shared communication channel with a plurality of registered stations and controlling the network cell formed by said plurality of registered stations, a method is described for dynamically registering and deregistering mobile stations. Each station owns a unique address and is allocated a local identifier at registration time. Each network cell owns a unique cell identifier known to all registered stations belonging to this network cell. Base stations manage cell members data uniquely associating the unique address and the local identifier corresponding to each one of the mobile stations belonging to their network cell.

Abstract: In a communications system, a method is described allowing two users having established a communication session identified by a unique session freshness proof, to transmit and validate a new value of a variable by using an exchange certificate which combines the following elements: the new value of the variable, a common secret key known by both users, an exchange counter representative of the number of values of said variable transmitted between the two users during the current communication session and a session freshness proof. Protection against potential eavesdroppers and intruders is provided by combining cryptographically the elements of the exchange certificate.

Abstract: A wireless Local Area Network (LAN), in which each wireless adapter includes a controller and a transceiver which are located a finite distance from each other. Each controller and transceiver has their own hop clock and hop table. A data interface which includes a command set is defined between the controller and the transceiver. The command set includes commands and procedures for synchronizing the hop clocks and hop tables between the controller and the transceiver.