Patent ID: 8995454
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A hybrid mesh network, the network comprising: two different types of shared physical mediums; and a plurality of nodes linked over said physical mediums to form at least one ultimate throughput mesh hybrid (UTMH) route comprising a plurality of retransmitting nodes, each linked over a first physical medium with a corresponding first node and over a second physical medium with a corresponding second node, and each configured to start retransmitting a message received over one of the physical mediums over the other physical medium before completing receiving the message; wherein there is no link on any of said physical mediums between said first node and said second node, and wherein each two nodes of said at least one UTMH route which are linked on one of said physical mediums do not have any links on the same physical medium with any other of said nodes in said at least one UTMH route.