Patent ID: 9049602
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: B60R,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of detecting a cloned base station by a communication device, the method comprising: obtaining a data structure from a wireless communications service provider, the data structure containing information that identifies valid base stations, the data structure comprising base station validation information for known valid base stations; establishing communications with a first base station and obtaining first base station validation information from said first base station; comparing the first base station validation information to validation information stored in the data structure and determining whether the first base station is valid based upon the comparing; when the comparing indicates that the first base station is not valid, initiating a warning to a user; scanning for a presence of a neighboring second base station identified in the data structure and when a signal strength level of the second base station is below a predetermined threshold level, determining that said second base station is not valid; and when the second base station is determined to be not valid, initiating a warning to a user.