Patent ID: 9538417
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for routing communication data from a source node to a destination node in a wireless mesh network, the method comprising: prioritizing, at the source node, the communication data as being of a first priority or a second priority, wherein the first priority is higher than the second priority; in response to the communication data being prioritized as being of the first priority, determining, at the source node, a first route in the wireless mesh network through which the communication data is to be communicated from the source node to the destination node, wherein the first route has a minimum number of intermediate nodes between the source node and the destination node relative to that of another potential route; and in response to the communication data being prioritized as being of the second priority, determining, at the source node, a second route in the wireless mesh network through which the communication data is to be communicated from the source node to the destination node, wherein the second route has a higher bit rate relative to that of another potential route, wherein determining the first route and determining the second route at the source node each comprises: