Patent ID: 7117013

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a CRUable dual mode wireless card having both an ISM radio and a U-NII radio in an interface within a wireless ready device designed for receiving a radio card, said U-NII radio having a radio identification (ID) parameter, wherein said interface enables said U-NII radio to be coupled to and send signals to an antenna that is embedded in the device and which has an antenna identification (ID) parameter; prior to enabling use of said U-NII radio and said antenna to complete a U-NII transmission, completing an authentication process that verifies that said U-NII radio is an authorized radio for utilization with the antenna and within the device under U-NII standards; and when said authentication process verifies that a pairing of said radio and said antenna is authorized, dynamically switching a transmission mode of said device from ISM mode to U-NII mode, which mode enables U-NII communication via said pairing of said antenna and said radio, wherein only a U-NII transmitter meeting an FCC “integral” requirement is enabled within the wireless-ready device having the embedded antenna, and wherein U-NII communication is not enabled if said authentication process does not verify that said pairing is authorized.