Patent ID: 8411651

Claim:
A communication device configured to facilitate a mesh network, the communication device comprising: at least two physical network links including a first physical network link and a second physical network link, wherein the first physical network link is configured to support a different radio access technology (RAT) than the second physical network link; a processor that executes a media independent mesh function (MIMF), the MIMF configured to exchange media independent mesh information between peer mesh entities, including exchanging media independent mesh information with a first mesh entity in a first peer device via the first physical network link and with a second mesh entity in a second peer device via the second physical network link; wherein the MIMF is configured to compare a plurality of physical links related to a respective plurality of RATs to determine a coherent link cost estimate for each of the plurality of RATs which is used to determine a RAT-agnostic link quality estimate for a signal routing, and wherein the MIMF is further configured to determine a multi-RAT mesh capability of a peer device.