Wireless Sensor Scheduling for Unauthorized Device Inhibition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wireless communication in computer networks introduces security risks due to unauthorized access and harmful wireless activity, as radio waves spill outside physical boundaries, allowing unauthorized devices to connect and degrade network performance.
Innovation Solution
Implementing sensor devices that monitor and schedule prevention processes to inhibit undesirable wireless communication by identifying and blocking unauthorized devices through methods like AP flooding and deauthentication, using a knowledge library to set inhibited time intervals and perform simultaneous scanning and access point functionality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If sensor devices continuously monitor all wireless channels for unauthorized activity, then detection capability is improved, but energy consumption and processing load increase
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor device schedules monitoring functions to execute periodically rather than continuously. The system monitors selected channels at scheduled intervals, allowing the sensor to transition between monitoring and low-power states, thereby reducing energy consumption while maintaining effective detection capability through consistent periodic surveillance.
2Reliability
If the sensor device inhibits multiple wireless devices simultaneously, then security coverage is improved, but the complexity of managing multiple inhibited devices increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor device divides the inhibition management into separate scheduled functions for each wireless device. Each inhibited device is managed through individual scheduling entries that track inhibition status and duration independently, allowing the system to handle multiple devices through structured organization rather than monolithic management.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where the sensor device tracks the status of inhibited devices and adjusts scheduling accordingly. When a device's inhibition period expires or status changes, the system receives feedback and updates its scheduling decisions, enabling intelligent management of multiple inhibited devices through continuous status awareness.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the sensor device performs multiple functions (scanning, access point, prevention) simultaneously, then system versatility is improved, but resource allocation becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor device dynamically schedules different functions (scanning, access point operations, prevention processes) at different times based on system needs and resource availability. The scheduling mechanism allocates radio transmitter/receiver resources and processing capacity flexibly, allowing the same hardware to perform multiple functions without fixed resource dedication, thereby managing complexity through dynamic resource sharing.
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AI summary
A method and a system for scheduling instances of prevention processes for inhibiting undesirable wireless communication of wireless devices is provided. The method includes identifying a wireless device based on a detected undesirable wireless communication. The method can initiate an instance of a prevention process directed to the wireless device so identified. The prevention process can include AP flooding, deauthentication and the like. Preferably, the instance of the prevention process can inhibit the wireless device for certain duration. The method includes setting an inhibited time interval. Preferably, the inhibited time interval is associated with the duration for which the wireless device is inhibited due to the instance of the prevention process. Moreover, the method can perform scanning for other undesirable wireless communication and/or access point functionality during at least a portion of the inhibited time interval.