US 12,349,236 B2
Identification of wireless local area network stations using random medium access control addressing
Graham K. Smith, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Assigned to SR Technologies, Inc., Sunrise, FL (US)
Filed by SR Technologies, Inc., Sunrise, FL (US)
Filed on May 6, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/656,116.
Application 18/656,116 is a continuation of application No. 18/446,165, filed on Aug. 8, 2023, granted, now 11,979,944.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/397,994, filed on Aug. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0292208 A1, Aug. 29, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 8/26 (2013.01) [H04W 8/22 (2013.01); H04W 60/00 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method in a mobile station (STA) configured to associate to an access point (AP) using at least an updatable identifiable random medium access control (MAC) address (IRMA), the method comprising:
determining a random medium access control (MAC) address and a first IRMA that is updatable by the STA;
associating to the AP using the random MAC address as a transmitter address (TA) and transmitting the first IRMA to the AP during the association, the first IRMA being usable by the AP to identify the STA at and prior to a next association;
using the first IRMA as the TA a next time the STA begins to perform the next association to the AP;
determining a second IRMA that is different from the first IRMA and transmitting the second IRMA to the AP during the next association, the second IRMA, instead of the first IRMA, being usable by the AP to identify the STA at or prior to an additional association subsequent to the performed next association; and
performing one or more additional associations to the AP at least by transmitting at least a corresponding updated IRMA to the AP and indicating that the corresponding updated IRMA will be the TA of the STA at a subsequent association.