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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2021
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Philip Michael Hawkes, Valley Heights, AU;
Sai Yiu Duncan Ho, San Diego, CA (US);
Jouni Kalevi Malinen, Tuusula, FI;
Soo Bum Lee, San Diego, CA (US);
George Cherian, San Diego, CA (US);
Anand Palanigounder, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for using a variable authentication identifier (AID) for access point (AP) privacy. For example, instead of a persistent SSID, an AID is used by a station (STA) to authenticate the AP before connecting to the AP. The AP is associated with a service set, and the STA has stored a secret token associated with the service set. Before connecting to the AP, a broadcasted probe request from the STA includes no identifying information other than the token. The AP generates the AID from the token and provides the AID in a probe response. The STA is able to identify the AP as being associated with a service set and connect to the AP using the token and AID without the token and the AID being used by another device not associated with the service set to identify the AP.
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