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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2023
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Robert Edgar Barton, Richmond, CA;
Jerome Henry, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Stephen Michael Orr, Wallkill, NY (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided that is performed for a wireless network that includes one or more wireless client devices that may rotate their media access control (MAC) address used for wireless communication with one or more wireless access point devices in the wireless network. The method includes determining an impact of MAC address rotation by the one or more wireless client devices on operational resources of one or more networking devices or networking processes in a network infrastructure associated with the wireless network. The method further includes scheduling MAC address rotation by the one or more wireless client devices according to the impact on operational resources of the one or more networking devices or networking processes in the network infrastructure.