Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Media access control (MAC) address anonymization based on allocations by network controller elements
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Application No.: US17307446Application Date: 2021-05-04
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Publication No.: US11611557B2Publication Date: 2023-03-21
- Inventor: Srinath Gundavelli , Shree N. Murthy , Pradeep Kumar Kathail , Brian Weis
- Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC
- Main IPC: H04L9/40
- IPC: H04L9/40 ; H04L47/2441 ; H04W80/02 ; H04L65/1073
Abstract:
A method is provided to anonymize the media access control (MAC) address of a client device. The method involves generating a plurality of media access control (MAC) addresses for use by a client device in a network. Policies are defined that determine which one of the plurality of MAC addresses is to be used by the client device. The plurality of MAC addresses allocated for use by the client device are registered with a management entity in the network.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210266316A1 MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) ADDRESS ANONYMIZATION BASED ON ALLOCATIONS BY NETWORK CONTROLLER ELEMENTS Public/Granted day:2021-08-26
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