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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2006
Applicants:
Wenbo He, Champaign, IL (US);
Ying Huang, Urbana, IL (US);
Klara Nahrstedt, Savoy, IL (US);
Whay Chiou Lee, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Wenbo He, Champaign, IL (US);
Ying Huang, Urbana, IL (US);
Klara Nahrstedt, Savoy, IL (US);
Whay Chiou Lee, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Motorola Solutions, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for alerting nodes of a malicious node in a mobile ad-hoc communication system is provided herein. Particularly, a method and apparatus for distributing an alert message to nodes surrounding a recently discovered malicious node is provided. This alert technique further leverages mobility to distribute the alert message to a large majority of nodes in the ad hoc wireless network within a reasonable amount of time.