Detecting a counterfeit access point in a wireless local area network
US7236460B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 29, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jun 26, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 30, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W48/20
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a wireless local area network, beacon frames are transmitted over the wireless local area network by one or more access points. The beacon frames are received at a detector in the wireless local area network. The received beacon frames are analyzed at the detector to detect a counterfeit access point in the wireless local area network.
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