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Identifying trusted service set identifiers for wireless networks

US11877154B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Jay Kemper Johnston · Raleigh, US
Jerome Henry · Pittsboro, US
David C. White, Jr. · St. Petersburg, US
Magnus Mortensen · Cary, US
John Matthew Swartz · Ruelle M. Durand, US
Robert Edgar Barton · Richmond, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 5, 2020
Grant date	Jan 16, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 16, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W84/12
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques for identifying a trusted SSID for a wireless network are disclosed. Prior to establishing a connection with a wireless network comprising a service set identifier (SSID), a network message is received at a wireless station (STA), from an access point (AP) associated with the wireless network. The STA identifies an encrypted identifier in the network message. The STA validates the encrypted identifier, and in response determines that the AP corresponds to a trusted wireless network. The SSID is designated as trusted, at the STA.

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