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Apparatus and method for address privacy protection in receiver oriented channels

US9042549B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 30, 2009
Grant dateMay 26, 2015
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Expiry dateMar 15, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W12/50
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for address privacy protection for a first wireless device sharing a privacy key with a second wireless device. In the method, a first resolution tag is generated at the first wireless device using a pseudo-random function with the seed value and the privacy key as input arguments. The privacy key is only known to the first and second wireless devices. A privacy address is generated for the first wireless device based on the seed value and the first resolution tag. A packet is transmitted from the first wireless device to the second wireless device. The packet includes the privacy address and the first resolution tag.

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