Patent ID: 8886833

Claim:
A method for communicating in a peer-to-peer (P2P) wireless network, the method comprising: determining that a first communication device is group owner of a P2P group; determining whether the P2P group has previously had a prior group owner; randomly or pseudo-randomly generating a media access control (MAC) address for the first communication device using a random or pseudo-random number generator included in the first communication device; and when it is determined that the P2P group has not previously had a prior group owner, utilizing, at the first communication device, the randomly or pseudo-randomly generated MAC address for the first communication device in group owner communications with one or more second communication devices in the P2P group; when it is determined that the P2P group has previously had a prior group owner, utilizing, at the first communication device, a MAC address different than the randomly or pseudo-randomly generated MAC address for the first communication device in group owner communications with one or more second communication devices in the P2P group.