Firewall protection for wireless users
First Claim
1. A method of providing protection for wireless access units in a wireless communications network via a firewall application, the method comprising:
- obtaining profile information associated with a first wireless access unit;
establishing a first firewall configuration for the first wireless access unit at the firewall application from the obtained profile information associated with the first wireless access unit;
obtaining profile information associated with a second wireless access unit; and
establishing a second firewall configuration for the second wireless access unit at the firewall application from the obtained profile information associated with the second wireless access unit.
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Abstract
In a computer telecommunications network, firewalls protect a machine or network from undesired message transmissions. In the case of a firewall employed on a user side of the wireless link, a message rejected by the firewall has already consumed the wireless resources required to transmit. A system for protecting a mobile wireless user via a firewall employed at the wired line, or ISP side, of the wireless link in a wireless network allows a specific user profile to be provided for each user that is indicative of a desired firewall configuration corresponding to the mobile user. A firewall configuration is established at a firewall application in a wireless transceiver corresponding to the current location of the mobile user, and the same firewall configuration is established, via a wireless handoff, at a second wireless transceiver when the user is located in the area corresponding to the second wireless transceiver, thereby protecting a plurality of wireless users prior to wasteful wireless transmission of undesired messages.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of providing protection for wireless access units in a wireless communications network via a firewall application, the method comprising:
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obtaining profile information associated with a first wireless access unit;
establishing a first firewall configuration for the first wireless access unit at the firewall application from the obtained profile information associated with the first wireless access unit;
obtaining profile information associated with a second wireless access unit; and
establishing a second firewall configuration for the second wireless access unit at the firewall application from the obtained profile information associated with the second wireless access unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A base station for providing protection for wireless subscriber access units in a wireless communications network via a firewall application, the base station comprising:
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a firewall application configured to;
(a) provide protection for wireless access units in the wireless communications network; and
processing circuitry configured to;
(a) obtain profile information associated with a first wireless access unit, (b) establish a first firewall configuration for the first wireless access unit at the firewall application from the obtained profile information associated with the first wireless access unit, (c) obtain profile information associated with a second wireless access unit, and (d) establish a second firewall configuration for the second wireless access unit at the firewall application from the obtained profile information associated with the second wireless access unit. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus for providing protection for wireless subscriber access units in a wireless communications network via a firewall application, the apparatus comprising:
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means for obtaining profile information associated with a first wireless access unit;
means for establishing a first firewall configuration for the first wireless access unit at the firewall application from the obtained profile information associated with the first wireless access unit;
means for obtaining profile information associated with a second wireless access unit; and
means for establishing a second firewall configuration for the second wireless access unit at the firewall application from the obtained profile information associated with the second wireless access unit. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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