Patent ID: 7921453
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: an network access control agent, configured to be instantiated in a first partition of the apparatus, and to establish secure communication with an authentication device of a network to authenticate the apparatus in accessing the network; and a distributed detection and inference (DDI) agent, coupled to the network access control agent, configured to be instantiated in the first partition, to receive, when the apparatus is permitted to access the network, DDI collaboration parameters from the authentication device, and to collaborate with one or more node devices on the network based at least on the received collaboration parameters; wherein the network access control agent and the DDI agent are configured to operate independently of an operating system (OS) of a second partition of the apparatus, and the collaboration parameters are generated depending on a scheme based on which the DDI agent is configured to collaborate with the one or more node devices on the network, wherein the first and second partitions are different partitions, and wherein the operating system is executed by a processor of the apparatus.