Dynamic installation of bypass path by intercepting node in storing mode tree-based network

An apparatus comprising:

• a device interface circuit configured for promiscuously detecting, in a wireless data network having a tree-based topology for reaching a root device, a wireless data packet transmitted by a source network device and specifying a destination device in the wireless data network;
• and
• a processor circuit configured for determining that the destination device is within a first sub-topology provided by the apparatus, the apparatus implemented as a network device to reach the root device, wherein the source network device is within a second distinct sub-topology provided by a parent device of the source network device to reach the root device;
• the processor circuit further configured for causing installation of a bypass path, bypassing the root device, based on generating and transmitting, via the device interface circuit, an instruction to the parent device to install a route entry causing a second data packet destined for the destination device to be routed by the parent device directly to the apparatus, wherein the apparatus implemented as the network device is not the root device.

One or more non-transitory tangible media encoded with logic for execution by a machine and when executed by the machine operable for:

• promiscuously detecting, by the machine implemented as a network device in a wireless data network having a tree-based topology for reaching a root device, a wireless data packet transmitted by a source network device and specifying a destination device in the wireless data network;
• determining, by the network device, that the destination device is within a first sub-topology provided by the network device to reach the root device, wherein the source network device is within a second distinct sub-topology provided by a parent device of the source network device to reach the root device;
• and
• causing installation of a bypass path, bypassing the root device, based on the network device generating and transmitting an instruction to the parent device to install a route entry causing a second data packet destined for the destination device to be routed by the parent device directly to the network device, wherein the network device is not the root device.