Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for authenticating information received at an airport surface wireless node
- Patent Title (中): 用于认证在机场无线节点处接收的信息的方法和装置
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Application No.: US13450108Application Date: 2012-04-18
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Publication No.: US08973101B1Publication Date: 2015-03-03
- Inventor: Radhakrishna G. Sampigethaya , Mingyan Li , Timothy M. Mitchell
- Applicant: Radhakrishna G. Sampigethaya , Mingyan Li , Timothy M. Mitchell
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Yee & Associates, P.C.
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for authenticating a signal received at a wireless node. The signal is received at the wireless node. The wireless node is one of a plurality of wireless nodes in a communications network. A set of parameters is identified for the signal. A distance between the wireless node and a source of the signal is identified using a location of the wireless node and the set of parameters for the signal. A determination as to whether the source of the signal is an authorized source is made using the distance identified.
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