Patent ID: 8375205
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a classifier module operative to classify management information for a wireless communications network as media access control security management information or media access control management information; a wireless transceiver to couple to the classifier module, the wireless transceiver operative to communicate the media access control security management information over an insecure management connection and the media access control management information over a secure management connection, wherein the insecure management connection and the secure management connection comprise separate connections having different connection identifiers, the insecure management connection and the secure management connection each comprise a primary management connection and a basic management connection, and the connection identifier for the insecure management connection comprises a defined offset value from the connection identifier for the secure management connection; and a security module to encrypt a media access control packet data unit including a media access control header and a media access control payload with the media access control management information prior to communicating the media access control management information.