US 12,363,069 B2
Device address rotation management protocol for a wireless local area network
Jerome Henry, Pittsboro, NC (US); Robert E. Barton, Richmond (CA); and Stephen Michael Orr, Wallkill, NY (US)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/929,804.
Application 18/929,804 is a continuation of application No. 18/785,258, filed on Jul. 26, 2024, granted, now 12,212,542.
Application 18/785,258 is a continuation of application No. 18/476,821, filed on Sep. 28, 2023, granted, now 12,231,395.
Application 18/476,821 is a continuation of application No. 17/556,277, filed on Dec. 20, 2021, granted, now 11,855,960, issued on Dec. 26, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/190,379, filed on May 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0055831 A1, Feb. 13, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 61/5038 (2022.01); H04L 101/622 (2022.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 61/5038 (2022.05) [H04L 2101/622 (2022.05); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a wireless station, a first communication from an access point (AP), the first communication indicating that the AP supports a randomized Media Access Control (MAC) address rotation management protocol;
establishing a wireless communications link between the wireless station and the AP;
negotiating with the AP, timing information for scheduling randomized MAC address rotation, wherein the negotiating comprises:
transmitting, by the wireless station, one or more wireless frames including the timing information for scheduling randomized MAC address rotation requested by the wireless station; and
receiving, by the wireless station, a response to the one or more wireless frames from the AP indicating acceptance of the timing information requested by the wireless station; and
maintaining, by the wireless station, the wireless communications link with the AP based at least in part on the timing information for scheduling randomized MAC address rotation negotiated between the AP and the wireless station.