US 12,284,520 B2
Access point verification using crowd-sourcing
Jerome Henry, Pittsboro, NC (US); Robert E. Barton, Richmond (CA); and Stephen Michael Orr, Wallkill, NY (US)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/556,568.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/190,381, filed on May 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0377554 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 12/08 (2021.01); H04W 12/03 (2021.01); H04W 12/121 (2021.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 12/08 (2013.01) [H04W 12/03 (2021.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 12/121 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at a target Access Point (AP) in a wireless infrastructure:
obtaining an indication that a station having a first non-verified connection with a source AP in the wireless infrastructure is attempting to establish a second non-verified connection with the target AP, wherein the station established the first non-verified connection based on security material; and
in response to obtaining the indication that the station is attempting to establish the second non-verified connection with the target AP, establishing the second non-verified connection based on the security material,
wherein the first non-verified connection is established before performing reciprocal identity validation between the station and the source AP, and the second non-verified connection is established before performing reciprocal identity validation between the station and the target AP, and wherein the source AP and the target AP are APs in a same Extended Service Set (ESS).