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Device quarantine in a wireless network

  • US 9,717,006 B2
  • Filed: 06/23/2014
  • Issued: 07/25/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • at least one processor; and

    one or more computer-readable storage media including instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the at least one processor, cause the system perform operations including;

    placing a device in a quarantine state for a wireless network in response to a request from the device to connect to the wireless network;

    ascertaining one or more attributes of the device while the device is in the quarantine state including a hardware attribute and at least one attribute pertaining to a software attribute, a driver attribute, or a configuration setting attribute of the device, at least one of the attributes pertaining to a prospective quality of performance capability for the device over the wireless network;

    determining, based on the one or more attributes, one or more connection parameters for connection of the device to the wireless network based on comparing the one or more attributes to a local specification for the wireless network to ascertain compatibility of the one or more attributes with the wireless network, at least one local specification pertaining to a baseline quality of performance capability for a device over the wireless network; and

    releasing the device from the quarantine state such that the device is connected to the wireless network subject to the one or more connection parameters.

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