Patent ID: 8191785

Claim:
An encoded information reading (EIR) terminal comprising: a central processing unit (CPU); a memory communicatively coupled to said CPU; an encoded information reading (EIR) device selected from the group consisting of a bar code reading device, an RFID reading device, and a card reading device, said EIR device configured to perform one of: outputting raw message data containing an encoded message, outputting decoded message data corresponding to an encoded message; and a wireless communication interface communicatively coupled to said CPU, said wireless communication interface comprising a first logical communication interface operating on a first frequency channel and a second logical communication interface operating on a second frequency channel; wherein said wireless communication interface is configured to transmit infrastructure mode beacons on said first frequency channel, said infrastructure mode beacons including a service set identifier; wherein said wireless communication interface is further configured to transmit ad-hoc mode beacons on said second frequency channel, said ad-hoc mode beacons including an identifier of a mesh path selection protocol; and wherein said EIR terminal is further configured to route MAC frames between said first logical communication interface and said second logical communication interface.