Apparatus and methods for G
An embodiment method implemented by an agent device comprises receiving, by the agent device, from a device, a bootstrap request message over a first communication channel; transmitting, by the agent device, to a coordinating device, a request message comprising the bootstrap request message and a first channel type indicator indicating a channel type of the first communication channel; receiving, by the agent device, from the coordinating device, a response message comprising a bootstrap response message and a second channel type indicator indicating the channel type of the first communication channel; and transmitting, by the agent device, to a device, the bootstrap response message over a second communication channel in accordance with the second channel type indicator.
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by an agent device, from a first device, a bootstrap request message over a first communication channel;
transmitting, by the agent device, to a coordinating device, a second request message comprising the bootstrap request message and a first channel type indicator indicating a channel type of the first communication channel;
receiving, by the agent device, from the coordinating device, a first response message comprising a bootstrap response message and a second channel type indicator indicating the channel type of the first communication channel; and
transmitting, by the agent device, to the first device, the bootstrap response message over a second communication channel in accordance with the second channel type indicator.
2. The method of claim 1 , the channel type being either a power line communication channel or a radio frequency channel.
3. The method of claim 1 , the first communication channel and the second communication channel being a same channel type.
4. The method of claim 1 , the first channel type indicator being a 1-bit indicator.
5. The method of claim 1 , the first channel type indicator and the second channel type indicator being the same.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bootstrap request message comprises a third channel type indicator indicating the channel type of the first communication channel.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first communication channel comprises a channel from the first device to the agent device and the second communication channel comprises a channel from the agent device to the first device.
8. An agent device comprising:
a memory storing a program; and
a processor configured to execute the program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by the processor, is configured to perform:
receiving, from a first device, a bootstrap request message over a first communication channel;
transmitting, to a coordinating device, a second request message comprising the bootstrap request message and a first channel type indicator indicating a channel type of the first communication channel;
receiving, from the coordinating device, a first response message comprising a bootstrap response message and a second channel type indicator indicating the channel type of the first communication channel; and
transmitting, to the first device, the bootstrap response message over a second communication channel in accordance with the second channel type indicator.
9. The agent device of claim 8 , wherein the channel type is either a power line communication channel or a radio frequency channel.
10. The agent device of claim 8 , wherein the first communication channel and the second communication channel are a same channel type.
11. The agent device of claim 8 , wherein the first channel type indicator is a 1-bit indicator.
12. The agent device of claim 8 , wherein the first channel type indicator and the second channel type indicator are the same.
13. The agent device of claim 8 , wherein the bootstrap request message comprises a third channel type indicator indicating the channel type of the first communication channel.
14. The agent device of claim 8 , wherein the first communication channel comprises a channel from the first device to the agent device and the second communication channel comprises a channel from the agent device to the first device.
15. A method comprising:
receiving, by an agent device, from a first device, a bootstrap request message over a first communication channel;
transmitting, by the agent device, to a coordinating device, a second request message comprising the bootstrap request message and an address of the first device;
storing, by the agent device, the address of the first device and a channel type of the first communication channel;
receiving, by the agent device, from the coordinating device, a first response message comprising a bootstrap response message and the address of the first device;
identifying, by the agent device, a second communication channel in accordance with the channel type of the first communication channel associated with the address of the first device; and
transmitting, by the agent device, to the first device, the bootstrap response message over the second communication channel.
16. The method of claim 15 , the channel type being either a power line communication channel or a radio frequency channel.
17. The method of claim 15 , the first communication channel and the second communication channel being the same channel type.
18. The method of claim 15 , the address of the first device and the channel type of the first communication channel being stored in a memory of the agent device.
19. The method of claim 15 , the channel type of the first communication channel being a 1-bit indicator.
20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first communication channel comprises a channel from the first device to the agent device and the second communication channel comprises a channel from the agent device to the first device.