Method and apparatus that mitigates the effects of...

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2011-03-15

2011-03-15

Yun, Eugene (Department: 2618)

Telecommunications

Transmitter and receiver at separate stations

Short range rf communication

C455S041300, C455S410000

Reexamination Certificate

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07907900

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus that mitigates the effects of a Bluetooth-based Denial of Service (DoS) attack on a Bluetooth-enabled mobile communications device is disclosed. The method may include determining if the mobile communications device is under a DoS attack, wherein if it is determined that the mobile communications device is under a DoS attack, the method may include temporarily disabling Bluetooth services that were enabled using a first Bluetooth address, storing the first Bluetooth address in a memory in the mobile communications device, changing the first Bluetooth address to a second Bluetooth address, and enabling Bluetooth services using the second Bluetooth address.

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Suri et al., “Recalculation of Keys—Solution to the Eavesdrop Attack,” IEEE Southeastcon 2008, IEEE Piscataway, NJ, USA, Apr. 3, 2008, pp. 604-606.
Phatak, “Spread-Identity Mechanisms for DOS Resilience and Security,” 1st International Conference on Security and Privacy for Emerging Areas in Communications Networks, 2005, SecureComm 2005, Sep. 5-9, 2005, pp. 23-34.

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