Patent ID: 7693143

Claim:
A wireless transport network system which contains: a node configured to determine a signal strength, the node further configured to add a WITnet header including: a group of bits providing version information including version number; a group of bits providing type information; a group of bits providing Flags information; a group of bits providing Pri (Priority of the frame) information; a group of bits providing GRP ID (Group ID) information; a group of bits providing TTL (Time to live value) information; a group of bits providing Key Index information; a group of bits providing Fragment ID information; a group of bits providing Reserved information; a group of bits providing Preserved Ethertype information; and a group of bits providing Auxiliary Address information; wherein the group of bits providing Auxiliary Address information contains an address of an associated transport device of a destination on a wireless network when a predetermined one of said group of bits providing Flags information is set, the associated transport device being on the wireless network and having a greater signal strength than the destination.