Tp-link Corporation Limited

Bolun Liu

This disclosure provides a method for managing a media access control (MAC) address of a client device for communication with an access point (AP). The method is implemented by the client device and includes: communicating with the AP using a first MAC address of the client device; determining a second MAC address as a changed MAC address of the client device; communicating with the AP using the second MAC address of the client device while continually using the first MAC address of the client device for receiving data packets from the AP for an extended period of time; determining whether the extended period of time elapses based on historical information for transmissions between the client device and the AP; and stopping using the first MAC address of the client device for receiving the data packets from the AP when the extended period of time elapses.

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Shenzhen, China

Bolun Liu