Patent ID: 8811357

Claim:
A method for a mesh access point to transfer information on a station in a wireless mesh network comprising a plurality of mesh access points and a mesh portal which connects the wireless mesh network to an external network via a wired network, the method comprising: (a) generating, by a processor, a disassociation message indicating that the station is disassociated from the mesh access point, when a disassociation of the station is detected; and (b) requesting the mesh portal designated as a root node in a tree structure formed using a proactive routing protocol to insert the disassociation message into a message regularly broadcasted in order to maintain the tree structure by the mesh portal, wherein the wireless mesh network uses a hybrid wireless mesh protocol (HWMP) including an ad hoc on-demand distance vector (AODV) routing protocol, and wherein the message regularly broadcasted by the mesh portal includes an address of the station coupled with an address of the mesh access point.