Distributed fluid network system and method

A system for transmitting message data within a multi-hop mesh network from a source node to a destination node, the system comprising:

• a source node that includes a source node processor and a source node memory operatively coupled to the first processor to form a source node communication device;
• a destination node that includes a second processor, a second memory operatively coupled to the second processor to form a second communication device;
• one or more intermediate nodes, each comprising a respective intermediate node processor and a respective intermediate node memory to form one or more intermediate node communication devices;
• message data provided by the source node, wherein the message data includes an identifier of the source node, an identifier of the destination node, a transmission route that represents at least a respective identifier of any of the one or more intermediate nodes between the source node and the destination node, and a message for the destination node,
• at least one bridged socket through which the source node is connected to at least a second node;
• at least bridged socket through which at least one destination node is connected to at least a second node;
• a mesh controller running on the source node, the destination node and any of the one or more intermediate nodes, wherein the mesh controller tracks at least one incoming queue and an outgoing queue;
• a first instruction, when executed by the source node processor, causes the source node to transmit the message data to the first of the intermediate nodes over a communication network;
• a second instruction, when executed by a processor of any node, causes the any node to determine from the message data the destination node, the transmission route, and whether there is at least a predetermined condition associated with the message data;
• a third instruction, when executed by the processor of the any node, causes the any node to forward the message data to a subsequent one of the one or more intermediate nodes unless the any node determines the predetermined condition;
• and
• a fourth instruction, when executed by the processor of the any node, causes the any node to determine from the message data to be the destination node, and whether there is at least the predetermined condition or a different predetermined condition associated with the message data,
• wherein the destination node receives the message data if any of the one or more intermediate nodes does not determine the predetermined condition or the different predetermined condition.