Enhanced wireless network security using GPS
First Claim
1. A wireless piconet device, comprising:
- a wireless piconet front end; and
a GPS receiver in communication with said wireless piconet front end.
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Abstract
A wireless piconet network device includes a GPS receiver to determine and provide earth coordinates to a gatekeeper of a wireless network so as to provide a level of security to wireless networks which requires accessing wireless devices to be within predefined boundary coordinates. The automatic restriction of access to a wireless network (e.g., a wireless local area network (LAN) such as a piconet network) by requiring a wireless network device to provide earth coordinates (e.g., GPS location information) as part of an establishment or maintenance of a connection to a wireless network, independent of a range of communication of any device in the wireless network. A wireless piconet network device outside of predetermined earth coordinates of a secured area (e.g., a building, a room in a building, a desk in a room in a building, etc.) may be denied access to resources on the wireless network, and/or required to provide additional authorization information so as to confirm authorized secured status of the entering wireless device.
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1. A wireless piconet device, comprising:
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a wireless piconet front end; and
a GPS receiver in communication with said wireless piconet front end. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 7, 8)
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4. A wireless piconet server, comprising:
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a wireless piconet front end;
an earth coordinates authorization module to determine authority of a received set of coordinates to gain access to a wireless network; and
boundary coordinates corresponding to a predetermined secured area for access to said wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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9. A method of authorizing a wireless piconet network device to gain access to a wireless network, comprising:
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receiving a set of earth coordinates from said wireless piconet network device;
comparing said received set of earth coordinates to predetermined boundaries of a secured area; and
authorizing said wireless piconet network device to gain access to said wireless network based on said received set of earth coordinates. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 14, 15)
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13. Apparatus for authorizing a wireless piconet network device to gain access to a wireless network, comprising:
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means for receiving a set of earth coordinates from said wireless piconet network device;
means for comparing said received set of earth coordinates to predetermined boundaries of a secured area; and
means for authorizing said wireless piconet network device to gain access to said wireless network based on said received set of earth coordinates.
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