Patent ID: 8620269

Claim:
A system for defining a boundary for a wireless network, said system comprising: a wireless network access device using media access control (MAC) filtering for creating a wireless network having a coverage area of arbitrary size; at least one access control for associating one or more devices capable of connecting to said wireless network with an owner by mapping the MAC address of the one or more devices to said owner; a physical access control unit for determining whether said owner associated with said one or more devices is within a secured area disposed within said coverage area; and a network controller for only allowing access to said wireless network to one or more devices associated with said owner when said owner is located within said secured area, wherein the physical access control unit maintains a list of owners within said coverage area, updates said list when an owner enters or exits said coverage area, and, when said list is updated, automatically provides an updated list of owners within said coverage area to said network controller, the wireless network access device receives an access request including the MAC address of the device, the wireless network access device checks via the list to ensure that owner mapped to the requesting device is within the secured area, grants access upon determining that the owner is within the list and denies access upon determining that the owner is not on the list.