Patent ID: 11962503
Assignee: DITTOLIVE INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. A first node in a local mesh network of nodes in which an edge node, which has no connection with a wide area network (WAN) and which is included in the local mesh network of nodes, uses a serial chain of short-range communication connections to transmit data through the local mesh network of nodes until the data reaches another node, which includes a connection with the WAN and which is also included in the local mesh network of nodes, thereby enabling the data to be provided to the WAN, said first node comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more hardware storage devices that store instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to cause the first node to:
receive a wrapped data packet from another node included in the local mesh network, the wrapped data packet being generated based on a network communication that is destined for the WAN but that was not originally directly deliverable to the WAN as a result of whatever node that generated the network communication having no WAN connection, the wrapped data packet comprising a destination indicator, and wherein the wrapped data packet is structured for transmittal through the serial chain of short-range communication connections of the local mesh network of nodes for delivery to the WAN;
determine, based on the destination indicator, a recipient node for the wrapped data packet, wherein the recipient node is also included in the local mesh network, and wherein determining the recipient node is performed using a dynamic routing table; and
send the wrapped data packet to the recipient node.