Patent ID: 11877147
Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A terminal device, comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor, the at least one memory storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the terminal device to perform acts comprising:
obtain a set of virtual medium access control, MAC, addresses from a first network device, the set of the virtual MAC addresses associated with an original MAC address of the terminal device, wherein a request is generated for the set of the virtual MAC addresses, the request comprising a currently used virtual MAC address associated with the original MAC address;
in response to a determination that the terminal device is to be connected to a second network device, select a target virtual MAC address from the set of the virtual MAC addresses; and
transmit a connection request to the second network device, the connection request comprising the target virtual MAC address.