Systems and methods for switching data at nodes of wireless networks

A node for switching data in a wireless network, comprising:

• memory configured to store port settings;
• a plurality of ports including at least a first port and a second port;
• a virtual machine configured to set the port settings, the port settings indicating how data received by the ports is to be switched among the ports;
• and
• logic configured to receive first data from the first port and to transmit the first data to the second port based on the port settings without processing of the first data by the virtual machine such that the first data streams unchanged through the node from the first port to the second port.

A wireless network, comprising:

• a first node configured to wirelessly transmit a remote procedure call through the wireless network;
• a second node configured to wirelessly transmit a data packet through the wireless network, the data packet having a header, the header having a source address, a destination address, and message type indicator, the source address identifying the second node;
• and
• a third node having a virtual machine and a first port, the virtual machine configured to execute the remote procedure call and to control port settings in response to the remote procedure call, the third node configured to receive and depacketize the data packet thereby recovering payload data in the data packet, the third node further configured to make a first determination that the payload data is to be transmitted to the first port based on the message type indicator and the destination address and to transmit the payload data to the first port based on the first determination without the payload data being processed by the virtual machine such that the payload data streams unchanged through the third node to the first port, wherein the destination address identifies the third node.

A method for switching data in a wireless network, comprising the steps of:

• storing port settings in memory of a first node of the wireless network
• receiving a first remote procedure call at the first node, the first remote procedure call transmitted through the wireless network from a second node of the wireless network;
• executing the first remote procedure call via a virtual machine of the first node, wherein the executing step comprises the step of controlling port settings, the port settings indicating how data is to be switch among ports of the first node;
• receiving first data via a first port of the first node;
• determining, based on the port settings, that the first data is to be transmitted to a second port of the first node;
• and
• transmitting the first data to the second port based on the determining step without processing of the first data by the virtual machine such that the first data streams unchanged through the first node from the first port to the second port.