Patent ID: 7978657
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a multi-radio mesh network system supporting at least two different wireless communication standards, the method comprising: determining, by a wireless access switching module, whether user data en-queued in a queue of a first wireless link cannot be transmitted; switching, by the wireless access switching module, the user data en-queued in the queue of the first wireless link to an available second wireless link in response to determining that the user data en-queued in the queue of the first wireless link cannot be transmitted; changing, by the wireless access switching module, a frame structure when the first wireless link and the second wireless link conform to different wireless access techniques; and when access is possible through the available second wireless link, searching, by a forwarder, for a local neighbor directly connected to a transmitting node and a receiving node, and forwarding the user data, wherein changing a frame structure comprises receiving a user selection to determine whether to forward one frame of the en-queued user data or all the en-queued user data.