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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2003
Daryl Carvis Cromer, Apex, NC (US);
Kazuo Fujii, Kanagawa, JP;
Ronald John Griffiths, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Masaharu Itoh, Yamato, JP;
Philip John Jakes, Durham, NC (US);
Kozo Matsunaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Oie, Machida, JP;
Daryl Carvis Cromer, Apex, NC (US);
Kazuo Fujii, Kanagawa, JP;
Ronald John Griffiths, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Masaharu Itoh, Yamato, JP;
Philip John Jakes, Durham, NC (US);
Kozo Matsunaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Oie, Machida, JP;
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A method that utilizes both software and combination software and hardware mechanisms to comply with the FCC requirement for an U-NII antenna to be an integral part of the device, while providing CRUable dual mode wireless cards and wireless-ready U-NII devices. Enhancements are made to the system BIOS and Device Driver, and two new software-implemented utilities are provided to create authentication schemes that verify and authenticates the CRUable dual mode U-NII radio and antenna combination as being an FCC approved unique coupling during operation of the system. The system boots with only ISM transmission capability and is allowed to complete a U-NII transmission request only with an approved U-NII radio-antenna combination.