Patent ID: 8284775

Claim:
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 six field address scheme for facilitating forwarding of said data frame to a mesh point within the wireless mesh network via a path through a plurality of intermediate mesh points wherein a fifth field and a sixth field of said six field address scheme preserves information of said data frame regarding said at least one end point and said at least one beginning point, respectively and a traffic identifier (TID) field within a mesh flag, wherein each of the plurality of intermediate mesh points includes a routing table and the routing table includes each mesh point within the wireless mesh network, but none of the mesh points interior to the wireless mesh network contains a proxy table, and wherein the at least one endpoint includes a plurality of mesh points communicating with each other via a root in a Hybrid Wireless Mesh Protocol proactive routing mode having a first path and a second path, the first path being from a source mesh point to the root mesh point and the second path being from the root mesh point to a destination mesh point such that there is no need for the frame to pass through the root; and wherein the root contains the proxy table used to convert a four address scheme to a six address scheme.