Patent ID: 9584471
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A system comprising: one or more processors; and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the non-transitory computer readable storage medium includes instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including: receiving, at a network device, a frame, wherein the frame is related to a wireless client device, and wherein the frame includes a media access control (MAC) address corresponding to the wireless client device; identifying a designated MAC address for use by the wireless client device; transmitting a response, wherein the response includes the designated MAC address; receiving an association request, wherein the association request is related to the wireless client device, and wherein the association request includes the designated MAC address; transmitting an association response, wherein the association response includes an association identifier for the wireless client device; and updating an association table with an entry for the wireless client device, wherein the entry includes the designated MAC address.