Patent ID: 9628993
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: sending a first request from a wireless station to a first wireless access point; receiving, at the station, a first response from the first access point, wherein the first response includes a first sequence number; storing the first sequence number at the station; sending a second request from the station to the first access point and setting a waiting period for receiving a response from the first access point; receiving a second response from the first access point and a third response from a second wireless access point during the waiting period, wherein the second response includes a second sequence number and wherein the third response includes a third sequence number; determining that the second access point is a bogus access point if a distance between the third sequence number and the first sequence number is less than the distance between the second sequence number and the first sequence number.