System and method for security and quality assessment of wireless access points
US10542029B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 16, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jan 21, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 16, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W48/20
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for security risk assessment of wireless access point devices, the computer-implemented method comprising: receiving signals from one or more wireless access points by two or more mobile wireless devices visiting said access points, obtaining Basic Service Set Identifiers (BSSID) of visited access points and reporting values derived from BSSID and from an identifier of corresponding mobile device to a first database, receiving a request for a security risk assessment of evaluated wireless access point, said request containing value derived from BSSID of the evaluated access point, searching the first database for one or more entries corresponding to the evaluated access point, and processing search results to assess security risk of the evaluated access point, said processing comprises computing a component of said risk dependent on the count of unique identifiers of mobile devices reported for the evaluated access point.
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