Method of application data switching between a device in a wireless PAN mesh network and a virtual ethernet interface

A device comprising:

• a memory storage comprising instructions;
• a wireless personal network (WPAN) interface coupled to a WPAN;
• and
• a processing unit in communication with the memory, wherein the processing unit executes the instructions to perform:
• opening, by an application running on the processing unit, a raw socket;
• binding, by the application, the raw socket to an Internet protocol (IP) address of a virtual Ethernet interface running on the processing unit;
• generating, by the application, an application data packet;
• sending, by the application, the application data packet to the virtual Ethernet interface via the raw socket;
• receiving, by the virtual Ethernet interface the application data packet from the application running on the processing unit, the application data packet being received via the raw socket;
• determining, by the virtual Ethernet interface from the application data packet, an Ethernet destination address of the application data packet;
• based on the Ethernet destination address of the application data packet, identifying, by the virtual Ethernet interface, a destination identifier of a WPAN device on the WPAN;
• accessing, by the virtual Ethernet interface, a payload of the application data packet;
• creating, by the virtual Ethernet interface, a WPAN data packet that includes the destination identifier of the WPAN device and at least a portion of the payload from the application data packet;
• and
• transmitting, by the virtual Ethernet interface, the WPAN data packet to the WPAN device using the destination identifier of the WPAN device via the WPAN interface.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer instructions for an application and instructions for a virtual Ethernet interface, that when executed by a processing unit of a computer, cause the processing unit to perform steps of:

• opening, by the application running on the processing unit, a raw socket;
• binding, by the application, the raw socket to an Internet protocol (IP) address of the virtual Ethernet interface running on the processing unit;
• generating, by the application, an application data packet;
• sending, by the application, the application data packet to the virtual Ethernet interface via the raw socket;
• receiving, by the virtual Ethernet interface via the raw socket, the application data packet;
• determining, by the virtual Ethernet interface from the application data packet, an Ethernet destination address of the application data packet;
• based on the determined Ethernet destination address, identifying, by the virtual Ethernet interface, a destination identifier of a device on a wireless personal area network (WPAN);
• accessing, by the virtual Ethernet interface, a payload of the application data packet;
• creating, by the virtual Ethernet interface, a WPAN data packet that includes the destination identifier of the device on the WPAN and at least a portion of the payload from the application data packet;
• and
• transmitting, by the virtual Ethernet interface using a WPAN interface, the WPAN data packet to the device on the WPAN using the destination identifier of the device on the WPAN.