Patent ID: 7801094

Claim:
A method of communicating between devices in a mesh network using a wireless communication system that includes a first wireless network and a second wireless network, wherein the first wireless network operates in accordance with a first communication protocol and the second wireless network operates in accordance with a second communication protocol, wherein the second communication protocol is not compatible with the first communication protocol, the method comprising: providing at least two associated infrastructure nodes; receiving a data signal at a first infrastructure node of the at least two associated infrastructure nodes; examining the data signal with the first infrastructure node to determine whether the data signal should be directed to the first wireless network, and, if so, routing data from the data signal to a destination node on the first wireless network in accordance with the first communications protocol; if not: examining the data signal with the first infrastructure node to determine whether the data signal should be directed to the second wireless network and, if so, routing data from the data signal to a destination node on the second wireless network in accordance with the second communications protocol; if not: examining the data signal with the first infrastructure node to determine whether the data signal should be directed to a second infrastructure node of the at least two associated infrastructure nodes and, if so, routing data from the data signal to the second infrastructure node; receiving the data signal at the second infrastructure node of the at least two associated infrastructure nodes; examining the data signal with the second infrastructure node to determine whether the data signal should be directed to the first wireless network, and, if so, routing data from the data signal to a destination node on the first wireless network in accordance with the first communications protocol; if not: examining the data signal with the second infrastructure node to determine whether the data signal should be directed to the second wireless network and, if so, routing data from the data signal to a destination node on the second wireless network in accordance with the second communications protocol; if not: examining the data signal with the second infrastructure node to determine whether the data signal should be directed to a third infrastructure node of the at least two associated infrastructure nodes and, if so, routing data from the data signal to the third infrastructure node.