Patent ID: 8923516

Claim:
A wireless apparatus operable in a wireless communication system comprising: a processor configured to: obfuscate a medium access control address of a frame by: generating a random number and a transient address obfuscation key including a first transient key, wherein the transient address obfuscation key is a function of an address obfuscation key and the random number; including the random number in an address obfuscation header field of the frame; and replacing an original first address in an address field of the frame with a new first address that is a function of the original first address and the first transient key; include an indication of the obfuscation in a first field of the frame; generate a frame check sequence field; generate a modified frame check sequence field that is a function of the frame check sequence field and a second transient key; and include the modified frame check sequence field in the frame; and a transmitter configured to transmit the frame to a receiving device.