Patent ID: 11962588
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for wireless communication, comprising:
transmitting a request message from a wireless device to a network device by which the wireless device requests a change from a first medium access control (MAC) address that is currently associated with the wireless device, to a second MAC address;
receiving, by the wireless device from the network device, a response message that includes a third MAC address that the network device provides for use by the wireless device, upon determination by the network device that the second MAC address is being used by another wireless device different from the wireless device;
determining, by the wireless device, whether the third MAC address is being used by another wireless device; and
performing further communication with the network device using the third MAC address selected based on the response message, upon determining that the third MAC address is not being currently used by another wireless device,
wherein the request message includes a field used for indicating a capability of the wireless device for changing a MAC address of the wireless device using at least one of a single MAC address mode in which a single MAC address controls an identity of the wireless device and encryption and decryption of messages communicated with the network device or a dual MAC address mode in which a fourth MAC address controls the identity of the wireless device and a fifth MAC address, different from the fourth MAC address, controls the encryption and decryption of messages communicated with the network device, wherein the fifth MAC address is an unchanged MAC address that is used in an authentication and association procedure and bundled with a security key generation procedure.