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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2020
Interdigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Antonio de la Oliva, Madrid, ES;
Robert G. Gazda, Spring City, PA (US);
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses are described herein for multicast and unicast MAC address assignment protocol (MUMAAP). A first node may transmit, to a second node, based on a unicast MAC address of the second node or a multicast MAC address associated with the second node, a discover message that may include a first MAC address or a first range of MAC addresses. The first node may receive an offer message with a second range of MAC addresses. If the first node selects a second MAC address from the received second range of MAC addresses, the first node may transmit a request message indicating that the second MAC address or the second range of MAC addresses is allocated to the first node. The first node may receive an acknowledge message indicating that the second MAC address or the second range of MAC addresses is allocated to the first node.