Infrastructure coordinated media access control address assignment

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations including:

• transmitting a frame comprising a media access control (MAC) address corresponding to the wireless device to a network device;
• receiving a response from the network device, wherein the response comprises a designated MAC address;
• transmitting an association request to the network device, wherein the association request comprises the designated MAC address that is included and updated in an entry for the wireless device in an association table stored at the network device;
• and
• receiving an association response from the network device, wherein the association response comprises an association identifier.