Cruable-U-NII wireless radio with secure, integral antenna connection via validation registers in U-NII wireless ready device

A wireless-ready device comprising:

• an interface slot which receives a CRUable U-NII radio into an interface slot within said device designed for receiving radio cards, said radio having a pair of identifying parameters, wherein said slot enables said radio to interface with an antenna built into the device and having a unique distinguishing characteristic;
• an authentication mechanism that completes an verification process during boot up of the device that verifies that said radio is an authorized radio for utilization with the antenna within the device under U-NII standards;
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• U-NII transmitter activation logic that, when said verification process verifies that said radio is authorized, completes a boot of said device and enables U-NII communication via the combination of said antenna and said radio, wherein a U-NII transmitter meeting an FCC “integral” requirement is provided within the wireless ready device and wherein U-NII communication is not enabled if said verification process does not verify tat said radio is authorized.

In a device having an embedded antenna designed for supporting wireless communication via the U-NII wireless protocol, a basic input/output system (BIOS), a first BEPROM, and an interface for receiving a CRUable U-NII radio, a method for providing an approved U-NII transmitter within the device, said method comprising:

• receiving at an interface slot of the device an mPCI card containing said CRUable U-NII radio into said electronic device, wherein said mPCI card comprises a second EEPROM and a plurality of PCI ID configuration registers, including PCI ID register, validation input register and validation output register;
• comparing a second PCI ID obtained from the second EEPROM wit a first PCI ID associated with the approved antenna for the device and stored within the BIOS of the device;
• comparing a second secret key obtained from the second EEPROM with a secret key of said first PCI ID that is also stored within the BIOS;
• enabling U-NII transmission via the combination of the radio and the antenna only when both the first comparing step and the second comparing step results in a match.