METHOD OF SECURING NETWORK ACCESS RADIO SYSTEMS
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Abstract
A method of providing security for network access radio systems and associated access radio security systems used with the systems. The method includes connecting an access radio having a radio link to a network; communicating between the access radio and a computer over the network using a ping application having ping commands and unique encrypted codes; and enabling operation of the access radio when the access radio is receiving ping commands. Typically, the access radio and the computer are nodes on the network and the network is a local area network (LAN). The ping application sends packets of information from the computer to the access radio and receives a response from the access radio. The ping application must be functioning (i.e., sending and receiving commands between the computer and the access radio) to enable the access radio to communicate via the radio link with a remote network.
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40 Claims
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21. A computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to provide security for an access radio connected to a network by:
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connecting the access radio to the network, the access radio comprising a radio link and a first ping application, wherein the first ping application is a continuous ping communication having a verified unique code or identifier in order to operate; communicating between the access radio and the network using the radio link; communicating between the access radio and a processing device on the network using the first ping application; and disabling the radio link in response to a termination of ping communication between the access device and the processing device. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to provide security for a network access radio system by:
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establishing network communications in a network comprising a network access radio having a radio link, a device and a ping application for continuously sending and receiving encrypted ping commands having a verified unique code or identifier in order to operate; communicating between the access radio and the network using the radio link; sending and receiving encrypted ping commands between the device and the access radio; and enabling operation of the radio link when the access radio is receiving encrypted ping commands. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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35. A security system for a network access radio system having a network, a plurality of devices connected to the network and a plurality of access radios, the security system comprising:
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a radio link for each of the plurality of access radios, wherein the radio link is connected to the network and is used for communications between the access radio and the network; and one or more ping applications for continuously sending and receiving ping commands between the plurality of devices and the plurality of access radios, wherein each of the one or more ping commands has a verified unique code or identifier in order to operate; wherein each radio link is operative only when the ping application is receiving ping commands. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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