SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONCURRENT WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK ACCESS AND SENSING
First Claim
1. An access point and sensor device, comprising:
- a first wireless radio;
a second wireless radio;
memory;
a backhaul device coupled to a network; and
a processor coupled to each of the first wireless radio, the second wireless radio, the memory, and the backhaul device;
wherein the first wireless radio and the second wireless radio are configurable to provide access point functionality and sensor functionality.
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Abstract
This invention describes systems and methods for combining the Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) infrastructure and Wireless Intrusion Prevention Systems (WIPS) by leveraging a common radio platform equipped with more than one WLAN radio and a unified management system. The invention provides all the benefits of the WLAN, without sacrificing the 24×7 dedicated security monitoring and performance troubleshooting available from an overlay WIPS system, while reducing the deployment cost and management complexity, by sharing a common hardware platform for the WLAN Access Point (AP) and WIPS sensor and leveraging an integrated management system.
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20 Claims
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1. An access point and sensor device, comprising:
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a first wireless radio; a second wireless radio; memory; a backhaul device coupled to a network; and a processor coupled to each of the first wireless radio, the second wireless radio, the memory, and the backhaul device; wherein the first wireless radio and the second wireless radio are configurable to provide access point functionality and sensor functionality. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A wireless network system, comprising:
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two or more wireless radios, wherein each of the two or more wireless radios are configurable as either an access point or a wireless sensor; a processor connected to the two or more wireless radios, wherein the processor is configured to control the two or more wireless radios to adaptively adjust frequency scanning patterns of the wireless sensor to avoid an access point channel proximity while an access point is transmitting on the access point channel. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of concurrent wireless local area network access and sensing, comprising:
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operating two or more collocated radios in a wireless device, wherein at least one of the two or more collocated radios comprises an access point and at least one of the two or more collocated radios comprises a wireless sensor; responsive to the access point transmitting, adapting a scanning pattern of the wireless sensor thereby avoiding a channel associated with the access point; providing monitored data from the wireless sensor to a management server; and providing data received from the access point from a plurality of clients to a network. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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