Patent ID: 8644177

Claim:
A method in a wireless mobile terminal for use in controlling data traffic in a wireless local area network (WLAN) which includes at least one an access point (AP), the method comprising: receiving, at the wireless mobile terminal, data traffic from a source device via the AP of the WLAN; producing, at the wireless mobile terminal, a control message which includes a source address corresponding to the source device and a destination address corresponding to the wireless mobile terminal, the control message being defined to instruct the AP or an AP controller thereof to monitor data traffic to prohibit transmission of the data traffic from the AP or the AP controller that is originating from the source address and destined to the destination address; encrypting at least a portion of the control message with use of an encryption key; and transmitting, from the wireless mobile terminal, the control message to the AP or the AP controller, so that transmission from the AP or the AP controller is prohibited for data traffic that is originating from the source address and destined to the destination address.