Patent ID: 8473736
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for making security mechanisms available in wireless mesh network having a plurality of nodes that are connected to each other in a wireless network using mesh routing and including a mesh header in a MAC layer by multi-hop communication, comprising: defining a first Type of Protection (ToP) confidence level for a first node of the plurality of nodes; defining a second ToP confidence level for a second node of the plurality of nodes; the first node sending a first data packet to the second node that is intended for a third node of the plurality of nodes via a multi-hop connection, the first data packet having a third ToP confidence level defined within a header of the first data packet; the second node receiving the first data packet; the second node comparing the third ToP confidence level with the second ToP confidence level of the second node to determine whether the first data packet is to be forwarded by the second node,