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US 2011/0258681 A1Published application
System and method for monitoring and enforcing policy within a wireless network
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsPradeep J. Iyer, Partha Narasimhan
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Abstract
In general, one embodiment of the invention is a air monitor adapted to a wireless network. The air monitor enforces policies followed by the wireless network even though it is not involved in the exchange of data between wireless devices of the wireless network such as access points and wireless stations.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving a wireless frame;
- and
- processing information extracted from the wireless frame which comprises classifying one or more media access control (MAC) addresses of the wireless frame as either a wireless MAC address or a wired MAC address based on values of a first bit and a second bit in a header of the wireless frame, wherein the value of the first bit is set, and wherein the value of the second bit is not set.
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory;
- a receiving mechanism coupled to the processor, the receiving mechanism to receive a wireless frame;
- and
- a processing mechanism coupled to the processor, the processing mechanism to process information extracted from the wireless frame which comprises classifying one or more media access control (MAC) addresses of the wireless frame as either a wireless MAC address or a wired MAC address based on values of a first bit and a second bit in a header of the wireless frame, wherein the value of the first bit is set, and wherein the value of the second bit is not set.
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