Patent ID: 8340076

Claim:
A method for facilitating the mobility of a mobile node in a mesh network connected to an external network, the method comprising: selecting a reference destination coupled to the external network; identifying respective paths to the reference destination via each of a plurality of attachment point candidates; determining a favored path of the respective paths by comparatively evaluating the respective paths successively as required in accordance with each of an ordered list of criteria comprising fewest dual-mobile-endpoint-links, fewest single-mobile-endpoint-links, superior available bandwidth, fewest wireless-type-links, fewest total links-of-any-type, and at least one other predetermined criteria; and choosing one of the candidates as a primary attachment point based at least in part on the determining; and wherein the reference destination and the candidates are among a plurality of nodes of the mesh network, and the selecting, the identifying, the evaluating, and the choosing, are with respect to the mobile node.