MOBILE STATION AND METHOD FOR ANONYMOUS MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL ADDRESSING
First Claim
1. A mobile station (STA) comprising one or more processing elements arranged to:
- generate a temporary MAC address for temporary identification of the mobile station;
establish a lifetime period of the temporary MAC address; and
utilize the temporary MAC address during the lifetime of the temporary MAC address instead of a device MAC address for network operations, including Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP) transmissions, in which a MAC address is to be transmitted.
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Abstract
Embodiments including methods and apparatuses for secure wireless communication through use of one or more temporary MAC addresses to identify a mobile station in a WiFi environment are generally described herein. For example, a method is presented for secure wireless communication, which includes generating a temporary media access control (MAC) address in one or more mobile stations, establishing a lifetime period of the temporary MAC address, optionally transmitting the temporary MAC address for service querying or association with an access point, determining that the lifetime period has expired, and replacing the temporary MAC address with a newly generated temporary MAC address upon determining that the lifetime period has expired.
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22 Claims
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1. A mobile station (STA) comprising one or more processing elements arranged to:
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generate a temporary MAC address for temporary identification of the mobile station; establish a lifetime period of the temporary MAC address; and utilize the temporary MAC address during the lifetime of the temporary MAC address instead of a device MAC address for network operations, including Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP) transmissions, in which a MAC address is to be transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of wireless communication at a mobile station, comprising:
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generating a temporary media access control (MAC) address for temporary identification of the mobile station; establishing a lifetime period of the temporary MAC address; determining that the lifetime period has expired; and replacing the temporary MAC address with a newly generated temporary MAC address upon determining that the lifetime period has expired. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors to perform operations for a mobile station (STA) having a device media-access control (MAC) address, the operations cause one or more processors to:
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generate a temporary MAC address for temporary identification of the mobile station; establish a lifetime period of the temporary MAC address; and utilize the temporary MAC address during the lifetime of the temporary MAC address instead of the device MAC address for network operations, including Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP) transmissions, in which a MAC address is to be transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A mobile station (STA) arranged for communicating in accordance with an IEEE 802.11 technique, the STA comprising:
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memory to store a device media-access control (MAC) address; and one or more processing elements arranged to; generate a temporary MAC address for temporary identification of the mobile station; establish a lifetime period of the temporary MAC address; and utilize the temporary MAC address during the lifetime of the temporary MAC address instead of the device MAC address for network operations, including Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP) transmissions, in which a MAC address is to be transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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