Patent ID: 8254253

Claim:
A method, comprising: enabling a wireless network to deliver resources for at least two classes of devices including home devices and visitor devices; detecting one or more wireless devices within the coverage area of the wireless network; identifying each of the one or more detected wireless devices as a home device or a visitor device; determining admission behavior for the wireless network, the admission behavior comprising how wireless resources will be allocated between home and visitor devices based on predetermined rules requiring a minimum quality of service level for home devices, wherein the required minimum quality of service level corresponds to a mode for the wireless network, the mode being determined by selecting from at least two modes: a mode for when a home device is present and a mode when a home device is absent; and altering the mode of the wireless network when a security condition has been detected; wherein altering the mode of the wireless network comprises entering a safe mode, the safe mode ejecting at least all visitor devices from the wireless network.