US Patent 7596109 Disrupting an ad-hoc wireless network

An ad-hoc wireless network is disrupted by first obtaining a beacon or data frame sent by a station. The beacon or data frame is then examined to determine whether the station that sent the beacon or data frame is operating in an ad-hoc mode on the ad-hoc wireless network. If the station is determined to be operating in an ad-hoc mode, then a blocking frame, which is a beacon frame, is sent on the ad-hoc wireless network to disrupt the ad-hoc wireless network by changing the operational characteristic of the ad-hoc wireless network.