Patent ID: 8787330

Claim:
A frame groupcast system for a mesh node in a mesh network having a plurality of mesh nodes, the frame groupcast system comprising: a transceiver configured to receive a groupcast frame from a first peer node of a plurality of peer nodes in the mesh network; and a groupcast determination processor configured to: determine a distance between the mesh node and the first peer node; determine a value that is based at least in part on the determined distance between the mesh node and the first peer node; compare the value with a distance threshold, the distance threshold indicative of a likelihood that another mesh node in the mesh network received the groupcast frame from the first peer node; in response to the comparison resulting in the value exceeding the distance threshold, forward the received groupcast frame to a second peer node of the plurality of peer nodes; and in response to the comparison resulting in the value being less than the distance threshold, not forward the received groupcast frame to the second peer node, wherein the second peer node is different than the first peer node.