Method and apparatus for restricting access to a wireless system

US9049593B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9049593-B2
Application numberUS-201213536746-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJun 28, 2012
Priority dateJun 28, 2012
Publication dateJun 2, 2015
Grant dateJun 2, 2015

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Techniques for securing a coverage of a wireless system provided by a stationary or mobile node are disclosed. The node may be provided with at least one encryption key. The key may comprise an encryption function table having therein varying functions, such as time-varying physical layer functions, such as transmit power or beam shape/direction of the node. In accordance with the key, coverage associated with transmissions from the node may be varied.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method of operating a device to access coverage of at least one node of a wireless network, comprising: a device transmitting identifier information to the at least one node; and upon authentication by the at least one node, the device receiving a physical layer encryption key comprising an encryption function table having therein time-varying functions of nodes of the wireless network, coverage areas of nodes of said wireless network varying with time i…

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What does patent US9049593B2 cover?
Techniques for securing a coverage of a wireless system provided by a stationary or mobile node are disclosed. The node may be provided with at least one encryption key. The key may comprise an encryption function table having therein varying functions, such as time-varying physical layer functions, such as transmit power or beam shape/direction of the node. In accordance with the key, coverage…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Measson Cyril, Jovicic Aleksandar, Zhang Lei, and 3 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04W12/04. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jun 02 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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