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US 2014/0004868 A1Published application
System and Method for Detecting Access Points Transmitting Outside of the Regulated Frequency Range
AssigneeSony Mobile Communications Inc.
InventorKåre Andreas Agardh
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Abstract
A user device scans a list of one or more channels to detect a wireless access point (WAP) connected to a network. The scanned channels include those over which the WAP is permitted to transmit, as well as those over which the WAP is not permitted to transmit. The user device indicates to the user whenever it detects a WAP on a channel that the WAP is not allowed to transmit over.
Claims14
A method for detecting a wireless access point (WAP), the method performed at a user device and comprising:
- scanning for WAPs over one or more non-allowed channels, each non-allowed channel having a corresponding frequency over which the WAPs are not permitted to transmit signals;
- and
- indicating to a user of the device that a WAP is transmitting over a non-allowed channel responsive to detecting the WAP on the non-allowed channel.
A user device comprising:
- a communications interface configured to communicate signals and data with wireless access points (WAPs);
- and
- a controller configured to:
- scan for the WAPs over one or more non-allowed channels, each non-allowed channel having a corresponding frequency over which the WAPs are not permitted to transmit signals;
- and
- indicate to a user of the device that a WAP is transmitting over a non-allowed channel responsive to detecting the WAP on a non-allowed channel.
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