Wireless Security Mode Transition for Threat-Adaptive Protection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wireless communication devices equipped with security features to prevent cyber-security attacks often experience increased complexity, latency, and power consumption, leading to these features being manually disabled.
Innovation Solution
The dynamic enabling and disabling of security features in wireless communication devices based on environmental context parameters, specifically transitioning through multiple security modes to conserve battery life and reduce latency, including disabling or enabling frequency scanning and hopping features as needed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If security features are enabled to detect and prevent cyber-security attacks, then security protection is improved, but power consumption increases and battery life decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making security features dynamically adjustable rather than static. The system transitions between different security modes (first, second, and third modes) based on evaluated threat levels. In the first security mode, security features are fully enabled for maximum protection. In the second security mode, security features are partially disabled to conserve power when threats are low. This dynamic adaptation resolves the contradiction by matching security intensity to actual environmental context and threat assessment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the operational parameters of security features based on environmental context evaluation. The electronic processor adjusts security mode parameters (such as frequency scanning intervals, hopping patterns, and detection sensitivity) according to the evaluated threat level. This parameter adjustment allows the system to maintain adequate security while reducing power consumption during periods of low threat, thereby resolving the contradiction between security protection and power usage.
2Reliability
If security features are enabled to detect and prevent cyber-security attacks, then security protection is improved, but latency increases and device performance degrades
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts security feature activation based on evaluated threat levels. In the first security mode with high threat assessment, full security features are enabled providing maximum protection but with higher latency. In the second security mode with low threat assessment, security features are partially disabled reducing latency and improving device performance. This dynamic behavior resolves the contradiction by adapting security intensity to actual environmental context.
Solution Approach 2:
The electronic processor changes security operational parameters such as frequency scanning frequency, hopping patterns, and detection thresholds based on environmental context. These parameter adjustments allow the system to reduce security overhead and latency during periods of low threat while maintaining adequate protection when threats are detected, thereby resolving the time loss contradiction.
3Productivity
If security features are manually disabled to improve device performance, then latency and power consumption are reduced, but security protection is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by automatically evaluating environmental context parameters and making autonomous decisions about security feature activation. The electronic processor continuously monitors environmental context (such as location, time, network conditions) and automatically transitions between security modes without user intervention. This self-service mechanism ensures that security protection is maintained when needed while allowing device performance to optimize when threats are low, eliminating the need for manual disabling.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback from environmental context evaluation to continuously adjust security feature activation. The electronic processor evaluates environmental parameters and uses this feedback to determine the appropriate security mode. This closed-loop feedback mechanism ensures that security protection is dynamically matched to actual threat levels, preventing both over-protection (which would degrade performance) and under-protection (which would compromise security).
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AI summary
Wireless communication device and methods for operating the same. One wireless communication device includes an electronic processor configured to operate the wireless communication device in a first security mode of a plurality of available security modes. The electronic processor is also configured to evaluate one or more environmental context parameters associated with the wireless communication device, determine, based on the environmental context parameters, whether communications of the wireless communication device are susceptible to a potential cyber-security threat, and, in response to determining the communications of the wireless communication device are susceptible to the potential cyber-security threat, transition the wireless communication device to a second security mode of the plurality of available security modes to determine whether the potential cyber-security threat is present, wherein at least one selected from a group consisting of the frequency scanning feature and the frequency hopping feature is enabled in the second security mode.