Patent ID: 8743858

Claim:
A wireless apparatus comprising: a transceiver configured to receive a first identifier during at least one time slot, the first identifier identifying a first remote communication node; a processing circuit configured to: determine, at the wireless apparatus, if the first identifier identifying the first remote communication node is received during a first time slot that is different from at least one pre-assigned time slot, and determine if the first identifier identifying the first remote communication node is the same as a second identifier identifying a second remote communication node, the second identifier being received during the same first time slot; and a message generator configured to generate a message for transmission to the first remote communication node if the first identifier is the same as the second identifier and if the first time slot is different from the at least one pre-assigned time slot, wherein the first remote communication node is configured to obtain in response to the message a new identifier not previously assigned, and wherein the new identifier is different than the first identifier and the second identifier.