Patent ID: 7215658

Claim:
In a wireless mesh network having a first node, identified by a first identifier, and at least a second node identified by a second identifier, the first node having a first antenna transducer assembly at which to transduce a data packet communicated between the first and the least second nodes, the data packet including values of at least a selected one of the first and second identifiers, an improvement of apparatus for facilitating indication of antenna transducer-related information by which to direct operation of the first antenna transducer assembly to efficiently communicate the data packet between the first and at least second nodes, said apparatus comprising: a mapper coupled to receive an indication of the values of the selected one of the first and second identifiers included to form a portion of the data packet, said mapper for mapping the values of the selected one of the first and second identifiers to mapped values, the mapped values including values representative of the antenna transducer-related information, and for incorporating the mapped values into the data packet, thereby to identify in the data packet the antenna transducer-related information by which to direct operation of the first antenna transducer assembly.