Obscured device identity in wireless transmissions
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsJonas Sedin, Sebastian Max, Dennis Sundman, Miguel Lopez
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Abstract
Based on secured communication in a wireless communication system, a wireless communication device (10, 11) determines a variable association of device identification information to one or more wireless communication devices (10, 11). Based on the determined association, the wireless communication device (10, 11) controls processing of one or more wireless transmissions comprising the device identification information.
Claims9
A method of controlling wireless communication in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), the method comprising:
- based on secured communication in the WLAN, an access point (AP) determining a variable association of device identification information to two or more wireless stations, wherein said secured communication includes configuration information indicating, for a first time, a first mapping of the device identification information to a first one of the wireless stations and, for a second time, a second mapping of the device identification information to a second one of the wireless stations;
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- based on the variable association, a wireless communication device controlling processing of:
- one or more wireless transmissions by the AP, wherein the device identification information is comprised in a receiver address field of the wireless transmission, and/or
- one or more wireless transmissions received by the AP, wherein the device identification information is comprised in a transmitter address field of the wireless transmission.
A wireless communication device for operation in a wireless communication system, the wireless communication device comprising:
- at least one processor;
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- a memory containing program code executable by the at least one processor, whereby execution of the program code by the at least one processor causes the wireless communication device to:
- based on secured communication in the wireless communication system, determine a variable association of device identification information to two or more wireless stations, wherein said secured communication includes configuration information indicating, for a first time, a first mapping of the device identification information to a first one of the wireless stations and, for a second time, a second mapping of the device identification information to a second one of the wireless station;
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- based on the variable association, control processing of:
- one or more wireless transmissions by an AP wherein the device identification information is comprised in a receiver address field of the wireless transmission, and/or
- one or more wireless transmission received by the AP, wherein the device identification information is comprised in a transmitter address field of the wireless transmission.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.