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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2020
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Zhiyuan Hu, Shanghai, CN;
Duan Chen, Shanghai, CN;
Yueming Yin, Shanghai, CN;
Zhigang Luo, Shanghai, CN;
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A method, a device, an apparatus and a computer-readable storage medium for MAC address conflict detection. The method includes: in response to detecting a wireless local area network, transmitting, at a first device, a dummy MAC address of the first device to a second device in the wireless local area network, the dummy MAC address being different from a real MAC address of the first device; transmitting an address conflict detection request for the dummy MAC address to the second device; and in response to an address conflict detection response from the second device indicating that there is no conflict for the dummy MAC address, establishing a connection with the wireless local area network. The method may effectively protect privacy information for a user of a terminal device, while avoiding a MAC address conflict, such that the user can communicate in a secure network environment.