WIRELESS DEVICE FOR VERIFYING IDENTIFICATION

WIRELESS DEVICE FOR VERIFYING IDENTIFICATION A wireless communication device using a verification protocol for verifying the identification of the wireless device by a wireless network control station in the presence of eavesdroppers is disclosed. Upon receiving a call request from a wireless device claiming a particular identity, the wireless network control station sends a mask consisting of binary digits in a random order. The wireless device is expected to respond to this mask with a reply that is consistent with both the password contained in the device and the mask. Specifically, the bits of both the password and the mask are "ANDed" and the result transmitted to the wireless network control station as the reply.