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US 2014/0211801 A1Published application
Multiple media access control (mac) address resolution vertical travel
OwnerSolomon Trainin, Yuval Bachrachinventors
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Abstract
One or more devices or stations include a globally unique media access control (MAC) address, and one or more local virtual MAC Addresses. The local virtual MAC addresses are generated by an external entity, such as server. The stations and the server may be connected through an access point.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- one or more processors;
- memory configured to the one or more processors;
- and
- multiple media access control (MAC) addresses stored on the memory, wherein the MAC addresses are generated and verified by an external entity.
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The device of claim l further comprising a radio through which requests and verification of MAC addresses are sent and received to the external entity.
A system comprising:
- one or more stations (STA), wherein each STA includes a globally unique media access control address (MAC);
- an personal basic service set (PBSS) control point or PCP that connects with the STAs;
- and
- a server that connects with the PCP, receives the globally unique MAC address, and generates and verifies local MAC addresses for the STAs.
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A method for assigning and verifying local media access control (MAC) addresses comprising:
- requesting one or more local MAC addresses by delivering a MAC address resolution information element that contains a global unique MAC address;
- tunneling the request through a proxy to a MAC addresses generation server;
- responding with the requested or verified MAC addresses;
- tunneling the response through the proxy;
- and
- receiving generated or verified local virtual MAC addresses.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.