Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Identification of wireless local area network stations using random medium access control addressing
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Application No.: US18446165Application Date: 2023-08-08
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Publication No.: US11979944B2Publication Date: 2024-05-07
- Inventor: Graham K. Smith
- Applicant: SR Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US FL Sunrise
- Assignee: SR Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: SR Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Sunrise
- Agency: Weisberg I.P. Law, P.A.
- Main IPC: H04W8/26
- IPC: H04W8/26 ; H04W8/22 ; H04W60/00 ; H04W84/12

Abstract:
A method in a mobile station (STA) configured to associate to an access point (AP) is described. The method includes determining an identifiable random medium access control (MAC) address (IRMA), associating to the AP and transmitting the IRMA to the AP during the association. The method also includes using the IRMA as the transmitter address (TA) a next time the STA begins to associate to the AP, where the IRMA is usable by the AP to identify the STA prior to a next association, determining a new IRMA, and transmitting the new IRMA to the AP during the next association. One or more additional associations to the AP are performed at least by transmitting at least a corresponding IRMA to the AP and indicating that the corresponding IRMA is a TA of the STA.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240056799A1 IDENTIFICATION OF WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK STATIONS USING RANDOM MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL ADDRESSING Public/Granted day:2024-02-15
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