Patent ID: 8483192
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. In a wireless mesh network having a plurality of mesh points, a system for delivering a data frame between at least one beginning point and at least one endpoint, said system comprising: a processor configured to perform a six field address scheme facilitating forwarding of said data frame to said endpoint via a path through a plurality of intermediate mesh points, wherein said six field address scheme includes at least one field independently identifying said beginning point and at least one field independently identifying said endpoint, wherein said beginning point and/or said endpoint are outside the wireless mesh network and interfaces with the wireless mesh network via a beginning mesh point and an end mesh point, respectively, wherein the end mesh point acts as a mesh point collocated with a mesh portal and wherein the mesh point collocated with a mesh portal includes a proxy address table to convert an external address into proxy mesh point address and convert a legacy address scheme into said six field address scheme, wherein each of the plurality of intermediate mesh points includes a routing table, and the routing table only include the mesh points as the routing destination, and wherein each of the plurality of intermediate mesh points forward the frame based on said field identifying said endpoint and the routing table independent of a proxy address table.