ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,452,637, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Mechanism for detecting attacks on frequency offset in a wireless network" was invented by Michael Bogdanov (Hod Ha-Sharon, Israel) and Yael Anati (Ramat Gan, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices for a mechanism for detecting attacks on frequency offset in a wireless network. A device may receive a packet from a reflector device, wherein the packet comprises an access code and a coded sequence of bits. The device may also receive a tone signal from the reflector device. The device may then calculate a f...