Method and communication system for realising IP transparent wireless multi-hop mesh networks with mobility support

摘要

The method involves utilizing multi-hop mesh network (MMN)-nodes, which communicate with one another and provide wireless access of mobile terminals to an internet protocol (IP) transparent wireless multi-hop mesh network. IP transparent transmission of packets takes place below a network layer on basis of a mesh-forwarding table (MFT). The MFT is configured by a mesh routing protocol and by the association of the terminals with the MMN-nodes, so that non-meshable terminals are integrated in the mesh network in an IP transparent manner. An independent claim is also included for a multi-hop mesh network (MMN)-node that functions as a component of an internet protocol (IP) transparent wireless multi-hop mesh network with mobility support and that provides wireless access of mobile terminals to the mesh network, comprising a routing unit.