A wireless communication system including a mesh network having a plurality of mesh points (MPs), a plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs), extra-mesh local area network (LAN) resources, and an external network is disclosed. When one of the MPs receives a packet, a determination is made...http://www.google.com.au/patents/US7957277?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7957277 - Wireless communication method and system for routing packets via intra-mesh and extra-mesh routes