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Systems and methods to enable network coordinated MAC randomization for wi-fi privacy

US9930009B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Intel IP Corporation · US

Inventors

Farid Adrangi · Lake Oswego, US
David Johnston · Beaverton, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 18, 2015
Grant date	Mar 27, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 27, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W84/12
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus related to receiving, at an access point and from a wireless communication station, a media access control (MAC) address of the wireless communication station; assigning, at the access point, a prefix to the MAC address of the wireless communication station; receiving, at the access point and from the wireless communication station, a frame comprising the prefix and a random MAC address; replacing, at the access point and using the prefix, the random MAC address in the frame with the MAC address of the wireless communication station, thereby resulting in a processed frame; and transmitting, at the access point and to a destination device, the processed frame.

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