Patent ID: 8245029
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for wireless communication, comprising: at a base station, providing access to a network to a first endpoint; at the base station, sending at least one cryptographic parameter to the first endpoint; at the base station, receiving a plurality of ranging codes from the first endpoint, wherein the plurality of ranging codes are received after the base station has ceased providing the first endpoint access to the network; at the base station, determining that the plurality of received ranging codes correspond to a plurality of ranging codes of a predetermined set of ranging codes and consequently that the first endpoint has a preferred status, wherein the predetermined set of ranging codes is determined utilizing the at least one cryptographic parameter; at the base station, receiving at least one ranging code from a second endpoint and determining that the second endpoint does not have a preferred status in response to comparing the predetermined set of ranging codes to the at least one ranging code received from the second endpoint; and at the base station, providing an entrance to the network to the first endpoint in response to determining that the plurality of received ranging codes correspond to the plurality of ranging codes of the predetermined set of ranging codes, wherein providing an entrance to the network to the first endpoint comprises providing an entrance to the network to the first endpoint before determining whether to provide an entrance to the second endpoint in response to the preferred status of the first endpoint.