Patent ID: 7154874
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: H04K,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for monitoring a selected airspace associated with local area networks of computing devices that is free from site survey and free from manual classification of wireless access point devices, the method comprising: providing one or more legacy local area networks to be protected, the one or more legacy local area networks being characterized by a wireless airspace within the one or more legacy local area networks; identifying one or more tests associated with the one or more legacy local area networks, the one or more tests at least characterizing a type of wireless traffic in the wireless airspace to be identified as allowable, identified as security violations or identified as harmless; connecting one or more sensor devices into a wired portion of the one or more legacy local area networks, the one or more sensor devices being deployed within a selected area to cause at least a portion of the wireless airspace to be secured; coupling a server system to the one or more legacy local area networks; determining if at least one of the one or more sensor devices is coupled to each of the one or more legacy local area networks to be protected; predicting signal intensity characteristics using a computer model of the selected area to establish that the one or more sensor devices substantially covers at least a portion of the selected area including the portion of the wireless airspace to be secured; monitoring wireless traffic in the airspace using the one or more sensor devices; distinguishing between traffic associated with the monitoring of the wireless traffic to at least determine if the wireless traffic communicates to at least one of the one or more legacy local area networks to be protected; detecting a security violation based upon at least the distinguished portion of the information from the monitoring of the wireless traffic; triggering a notification process or a prevention process in accordance with and based upon the security violation for the one or more legacy local area networks to be protected; displaying one or more indications associated with a sensor coverage for at least one of the one or more sensor devices and determining if the one or more indications illustrate the substantial coverage in visual form of the portion of the wireless airspace to be secured; wherein: