Patent ID: 8396022
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for processing a source routed packet, comprising: receiving a source routed packet at a first node in a mesh network in a timeslot and on a channel as specified by a first communications schedule for the mesh network, wherein the first communications schedule comprises a set of a plurality of timeslots and a plurality of channels, wherein a combination of one of the plurality of timeslots and one of the plurality of channels comprises a slot able to specify a communication link between two nodes, wherein the first communications schedule includes a plurality of channels associated with one timeslot of the plurality of timeslots that are able to specify links that communicate at the same time on multiple channels, wherein the source routed packet includes a source route comprising an ordered list of nodes; determining a position of the first node in the source route based at least in part on the ordered list of nodes; determining a previous node in the source route based at least in part on the ordered list of nodes; determining whether a next node exists; in the event that a next node does exist: in the event that a next node does not exist: