System and method for detecting access points transmitting outside of the regulated frequency range

摘要

A user device scans a list of one or more channels to detect a wireless access point (WAP) connected to a network. The scanned channels include those over which the WAP is permitted to transmit, as well as those over which the WAP is not permitted to transmit. The user device indicates to the user whenever it detects a WAP on a channel that the WAP is not allowed to transmit over.

主权项

1. A method for detecting a wireless access point (WAP), the method performed at a user device and comprising:
scanning for WAPs over one or more non-allowed channels, each non-allowed channel having a corresponding frequency over which the WAPs are not permitted to transmit signals; and indicating to a user of the device that a WAP is transmitting over a non-allowed channel responsive to detecting the WAP on the non-allowed channel; generating a reconfiguration message for the WAP; and transmitting the reconfiguration message to the WAP over the non-allowed channel to control the WAP to cease transmitting on the non-allowed channel and begin transmitting on an allowed channel.