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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
May. 03, 2022
Ruckus Ip Holdings Llc, Claremont, NC (US);
Kurt A. Lumbatis, Dacula, GA (US);
Ruckus IP Holdings LLC, Claremont, NC (US);
Abstract
An access point can track a station throughout a network using an identifier, for example, a media access control (MAC) address. However, as MAC addresses are randomized or changing, there is a need for the access point to provide a unique identifier to a station that does not rely on a MAC address. The access point can receive a unique identifier query response action frame from the station that indicates that the station is associated with a corresponding unique identifier for the network and based on the unique identifier query response action frame, send a unique identifier set action frame to the station so as to cause the station to set as the unique identifier for the station the unique identifier of the unique identifier set action frame sent by the access point.