Enhanced wireless network security using GPS
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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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23 Claims
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16. A wireless server, comprising:
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a wireless front end; boundary coordinates corresponding to a predetermined secured area for access to a wireless network by a wireless network device; and an earth coordinates authorization module to receive a set of coordinates associated with said wireless network device and to determine authority of said wireless network device to gain access to said wireless network based on said set of coordinates. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A method of authorizing a wireless network device to gain access to a wireless network, comprising:
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receiving a set of earth coordinates from said wireless network device; comparing said received set of earth coordinates to predetermined boundaries of a secured area; and authorizing said wireless network device to gain access to said wireless network based on said received set of earth coordinates. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. Apparatus for authorizing a wireless 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 network device; means for comparing said received set of earth coordinates to predetermined boundaries of a secured area; and means for authorizing said wireless network device to gain access to said wireless network based on said received set of earth coordinates. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A method of establishing a physical boundary defining an area of authorized access to a wireless network, comprising:
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traversing a perimeter of said area of authorized access with a wireless network device; and transmitting a plurality of boundary coordinates from said wireless network device when said wireless network device is in each corresponding location on a perimeter of said area of authorized access.
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