Apparatus and method for location based wireless client authentication
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, from a wireless client, a request for access to a wireless network;
identifying a spatial location of the wireless client; and
authenticating the wireless client, according to the identified spatial location of the wireless client.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for location based wireless client authentication is described. The method includes the receipt of an authentication/access request from a wireless client desiring access to a wireless network. Once the request is received, a spatial location of the client is identified. Once the physical location of the client is identified, compliance with the authentication/access request is performed according to the identified spatial location of the device. For example, in one embodiment, when the spatial location of the client falls within predefined wireless network boundaries, the client is generally granted network access. The granted access may include a possible key exchange for unidentified clients, or challenge and response authentication for identified clients. In other words, wireless clients that have gained access to a certain physical location are assumed to have passed through some other form of physical authentication and, hence, are deemed trustable.
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30 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, from a wireless client, a request for access to a wireless network;
identifying a spatial location of the wireless client; and
authenticating the wireless client, according to the identified spatial location of the wireless client. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A machine readable medium including software executed by at least one processor, within an electronic device, the software comprising:
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an identification module to identify a spatial location of a wireless client if a request for access to a wireless network is received from the wireless client; and
an authentication module to authenticate the wireless client, according to the identified spatial location of the wireless client. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus comprising:
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a communication interface to receive an authentication request being a request from a wireless client requesting network access; and
circuitry coupled to the communications interface, the circuitry comprising authentication logic to respond to the authentication request when an identified spatial location of the wireless client falls within predetermined network boundaries. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system comprising:
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a wireless network local area network having predetermined wireless network boundaries; and
a station located within the predetermined wireless network boundaries, the station including authentication logic circuitry to respond to an authentication request being a network access request from a wireless client when an identified spatial location of the wireless client falls within the predetermined wireless network boundaries. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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