Patent ID: 8553658

Claim:
A method of transmitting data over a wireless local area network (WLAN) mesh network, the method comprising the steps of: setting sections for transmitting priority frames and general frames; when a priority frame transmission section is initiated, transmitting the priority frames; if a time taken to transmit the priority frames exceeds the priority frame transmission section, creating a stop to send (STS) control frame and sending the STS control frame to one or more surrounding nodes, wherein the STS control frame prompts the one or more surrounding nodes to limit creation of new priority frames; increasing a next priority frame transmission section by a unit time; after the priority frame transmission section is finished, starting transmission of the general frames; in a case in which the STS control frame has been received, limiting creation of additional priority frames; and when a node is not a lowest terminal in the WLAN mesh network, transmitting the STS control frame to lower nodes in the WLAN mesh network.