Patent ID: 8085710

Claim:
Logic encoded in one or more non-transitory media for execution and when executed operable to: responsive to indications of roaming intent of a wireless client relative to a currently associated mesh access point, determine if a traffic stream associated with the wireless client is to be proactively buffered by one or more potential mesh access points; identify one or more parent mesh access points in a mesh network based on potential mesh access points to which the wireless client can roam; transmit a first command operative to cause the one or more parent mesh access points to: transmit a second command to the one or more potential mesh access points to cause the mesh access points to create a proactive stream buffer or allocate an existing proactive stream buffer for proactively buffering packets of the traffic stream; duplicate received packets of the traffic stream destined for the wireless client; and transmit the duplicate packets to the one or more parent mesh access points; wherein the first command is further operative to cause the one or more parent mesh access points to: duplicate the received packets destined for the wireless client; transmit the duplicate packets to the potential mesh access points for storage in a proactive stream buffer.