Patent ID: 8194593
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: interfacing between an upper layer and a lower layer in a multi-hop mesh network to receive and transmit packets from and to a local node and a remote node; classifying the received packets into a plurality of packet types having different priority levels; managing a plurality of buffers organized according to the packet types, the plurality of buffers storing the classified packets based on the packet types; and scheduling distributing the packets from the plurality of buffers based on the priority levels according to a scheduling policy, wherein the packet types include at least one of a control type, a voice/audio type, a high-quality video type, a low-quality video type, and a background type, and wherein the priority level decreases in order from the control type to the voice/audio type, the high-quality video type, the low-quality video type, and the background type.