Patent ID: 8923285

Claim:
A method for transmitting data over a wireless mesh network, comprising: generating a first mesh header, the first mesh header including a plurality of fields; generating a combination of a destination service access point (DSAP) field and a source service access point (SSAP) field to generate an indication that the first mesh header is present; determining whether a destination device is a mesh destination device; based upon a determination that the destination device is not a mesh destination device, stripping the first mesh header; and removing the indication that the first mesh header is present; based upon a determination that the destination device is a mesh destination device, extending the first mesh header by prepending a second protocol header to generate a second mesh header, the second protocol header having a same format as a first protocol header of a protocol data unit (PDU); and inserting the second mesh header into the PDU before the first protocol header, wherein the first protocol header has a different format than the second mesh header.