Methods and apparatus for processing traffic at a wireless mesh node

• US 20060120387A1
• Filed: 12/03/2004
• Published: 06/08/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Yang, Liuyang L.
• Application Number:
  US11/003,295
• Publication Number:
  US 20060120387A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/401
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/04 Interdomain routing, e.g. hierarchical routing

Abstract

Embodiments of methods and apparatus for processing traffic at a wireless mesh node are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

identifying incoming traffic;

associating traffic associated with a first wireless communication network in a first queue at a mesh node; and

associating traffic associated with a second wireless communication network in a second queue at the mesh node.

2. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein identifying the incoming traffic comprises identifying one of traffic associated with a wireless mesh network or traffic associated with a wireless non-mesh network.

3. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein identifying the incoming traffic comprises identifying the incoming traffic based on a packet header.

4. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein identifying the incoming traffic comprises one of receiving traffic associated with a wireless mesh network via a first receiver at the mesh node or receiving traffic associated with a wireless non-mesh network via a second receiver at the mesh node.

5. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein identifying the incoming traffic comprises identifying traffic associated with a basic service set network.

6. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein identifying the incoming traffic comprises identifying the incoming traffic at a mesh access point.

7. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein associating the traffic associated with the first wireless communication network in the first queue at the mesh node comprises storing traffic data in a data structure associated with a wireless mesh network at the mesh node.

8. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein associating the traffic associated with the second wireless communication network in the second queue at the mesh node comprises storing traffic data in a data structure associated with a wireless non-mesh network at the mesh node.

9. An article of manufacture including content, which when accessed, causes a machine to:

identify incoming traffic;

associate traffic associated with a first wireless communication network in a first queue at a mesh node; and

associate traffic associated with a second wireless communication network in a second queue at the mesh node.

10. An article of manufacture as defined in claim 9, wherein the content, when accessed, causes the machine to identify the incoming traffic by identifying one of traffic associated with a wireless mesh network or traffic associated with a wireless non-mesh network.

11. An article of manufacture as defined in claim 9, wherein the content, when accessed, causes the machine to identify the incoming traffic by identifying the incoming traffic based on a packet header.

12. An article of manufacture as defined in claim 9, wherein the content, when accessed, causes the machine to identify the incoming traffic at the mesh node by one of receiving traffic associated with a wireless mesh network via a first receiver or receiving traffic associated with a wireless non-mesh network via a second receiver.

13. An article of manufacture as defined in claim 9, wherein the content, when accessed, causes the machine to identify the incoming traffic by identifying traffic associated with a basic service set network.

14. An article of manufacture as defined in claim 9, wherein the content, when accessed, causes the machine to identify the incoming traffic by identifying the incoming traffic at a mesh access point.

15. An article of manufacture as defined in claim 9, wherein the content, when accessed, causes the machine to associate the traffic associated with the first wireless communication network in the first queue at the mesh node by storing traffic data in a data structure associated with a wireless mesh network at the mesh node.

16. An article of manufacture as defined in claim 9, wherein the content, when accessed, causes the machine to associate the traffic associated with the second wireless communication network in the second queue at the mesh node by storing traffic data in a data structure associated with a wireless non-mesh network at the mesh node.

17. An apparatus comprising:

an identifier to identify incoming traffic;

a controller to associate traffic associated with a first wireless communication network in a first queue at a mesh node, and to associate traffic associated with a second wireless communication network in a second queue at the mesh node.

18. An apparatus as defined in claim 17, wherein the incoming traffic comprises one of traffic associated with a wireless mesh network or traffic associated with a wireless non-mesh network.

19. An apparatus as defined in claim 17, wherein the incoming traffic comprises traffic associated with a basic service set network.

20. An apparatus as defined in claim 17, wherein the identifier is configured to identify the incoming traffic based on a packet header.

21. An apparatus as defined in claim 17 further comprising a first receiver to receive traffic associated with a wireless mesh network and a second receiver to receive traffic associated with a wireless non-mesh network.

22. An apparatus as defined in claim 17, wherein the mesh node comprises a mesh access point.

23. An apparatus as defined in claim 17, wherein the controller is configured to store traffic data in a data structure associated with a wireless mesh network and to store traffic data in a data structure associated with a wireless non-mesh network.

24. A system comprising:

a flash memory; and

a processor coupled to the flash memory to identify incoming traffic, to store traffic associated with a first wireless communication network in a first queue at a mesh node, and to store traffic associated with a second wireless communication network in a second queue at the mesh node.

25. A system as defined in claim 24, wherein the incoming traffic comprises one of traffic associated with a wireless mesh network or traffic associated with a wireless non-mesh network.

26. A system as defined in claim 24, wherein the incoming traffic comprises the incoming traffic comprises traffic associated with a basic service set network.

27. A system as defined in claim 24, wherein the processor is configured to identify the incoming traffic at the mesh node based on a packet header.

28. A system as defined in claim 24, wherein the processor is configured to receive traffic associated with a wireless mesh network via a first receiver and to receive traffic associated with a wireless non-mesh network via a second receiver.

29. A system as defined in claim 24, wherein the mesh node comprises one of a mesh access point.

30. A system as defined in claim 24, wherein the processor is configured to store traffic data in a data structure associated with a wireless mesh network and to store traffic data in a data structure associated with a wireless non-mesh network.