US 12,262,450 B2
Dynamic media access control addresses in a wireless network
Jerome Henry, Pittsboro, NC (US); Nancy Cam-Winget, Mountain View, CA (US); Simone Arena, Vimercate (IT); Darrin Joseph Miller, Marysville, OH (US); Sudhir Kumar Jain, Fremont, CA (US); and Einar Nilsen-Nygaard, Waterside Kilmarnock (GB)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/476,737.
Application 18/476,737 is a continuation of application No. 17/236,659, filed on Apr. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,849,344.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/025,272, filed on May 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0022945 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 8/24 (2009.01); H04L 61/5053 (2022.01); H04L 101/622 (2022.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 28/086 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 8/245 (2013.01) [H04L 61/5053 (2022.05); H04L 2101/622 (2022.05); H04W 28/0205 (2013.01); H04W 28/0215 (2013.01); H04W 28/086 (2023.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining a first wireless communication referencing a first station address;
identifying first properties associated with the first wireless communication that are associated with the first station address;
obtaining a second wireless communication referencing a second station address;
identifying second properties associated with the second wireless communication that are associated with the second station address;
determining one or more common properties between the first properties and the second properties;
determining that the first station address and the second station address identify a common station based on the one or more common properties and a weight associated with a respective common property; and
configuring network parameters of a station identified by the second station address, wherein configuring the network parameters of the station comprises mapping the second station address to an Internet Protocol (IP) address for a first infrastructure station address by issuing a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) release of an IP address for a second infrastructure station address and issuing a DHCP discover message or a DHCP request message indicating the IP address for the first infrastructure station address in response to the DHCP release to reallocate the IP address to the first infrastructure station address.