摘要 |
A method and system for protecting a wireless network by establishing virtual walls to confine wireless connection to devices located within a three-dimensional region. A network of wireless monitoring nodes is established at physical locations. The monitoring nodes are arranged in a frame of reference and determine locations of one another and of mobile nodes by conducting measurements of either roundtrip travel time of signals sent and received or of differences in the times of receiving a signal at different known locations. Initially mobile nodes are placed, sequentially, in a triangle at a boundary to be established as a virtual wall for confining communication within the wireless network. The mobile node locations are then stored. The position of a device requesting admission to the wireless network is similarly determined and, if within the established virtual walls, the device may be admitted to the network. Admission is otherwise denied. |