Patent ID: 8505081

Claim:
A method for identity reuse operable in a communications system, the method comprising: selecting an identity value for a device; registering the device onto a network with the selected identity value; determining whether the registration of the device with the selected initial identity value is successful; establishing a communication session for the device when it is determined that the registration of the device with the selected initial identity value is successful; determining whether to subsequently register the device on the network with a different identity value when it is determined that the initial registration of the device with the selected initial identity value is unsuccessful; waiting a predetermined period of time before subsequently registering the device when it is determined that the registration of the device with the selected initial identity value is unsuccessful; selecting the different identity value when it is determined to subsequently register the device on the network with the different identity value; subsequently registering the device with the initial identity value when it is not determined to subsequently register the device on the network with the different identity value; and subsequently registering the device with the different value when it is determined to subsequently register the device on the network with the different identity value.