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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2003
Kyung-hun Jang, Suwon, KR;
Jong-ae Park, Yongin, KR;
In-sun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, Kyungki-do, KR;
Abstract
A method of guaranteeing users' anonymity and a wireless LAN system therefor are provided. In a wireless LAN system, the method of guaranteeing user' anonymity includes (a) creating a plurality of temporary address sets, each of which corresponds to a unique Media Access Control (MAC) address of a wireless terminal and transmitting the temporary address set to the corresponding wireless terminal, and (b) performing data packet transmission between the wireless terminal and the wireless access node using a temporary address selected from the temporary address set as a source address or a destination address. Therefore, it is possible to guarantee users' anonymity and improve security of a system by not exposing a MAC address during data packet transmission between a wireless terminal and a wireless access node.