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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2023
Media access control (mac) address anonymization based on allocations by network controller elements
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Srinath Gundavelli, San Jose, CA (US);
Shree N. Murthy, San Jose, CA (US);
Pradeep Kumar Kathail, Los Altos, CA (US);
Brian Weis, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 47/2441 (2022.01); H04L 65/1073 (2022.01); H04W 80/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04L 47/2441 (2013.01); H04L 63/0892 (2013.01); H04L 63/1475 (2013.01); H04L 65/1073 (2013.01); H04W 80/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is provided to anonymize the media access control (MAC) address of a client device. The method involves generating a plurality of media access control (MAC) addresses for use by a client device in a network. Policies are defined that determine which one of the plurality of MAC addresses is to be used by the client device. The plurality of MAC addresses allocated for use by the client device are registered with a management entity in the network.