Local area network meshing

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions configured to cause at least one computing device to perform a method comprising:

• configuring a network component coupled to the computing device for dividing time associated with participating in multiple peer to peer (P2P) connections utilizing a Wi-Fi Direct (WFD) discovery protocol;
• receiving, at the computing device, a data packet via a first P2P connection included in the multiple P2P connections, wherein the computing device is a member of the first P2P connection;
• identifying, by the computing device, a second P2P connection for forwarding the data packet;
• waiting, by the computing device, a time interval for forwarding the data packet through the second P2P connection;
• and
• upon expiration of the time interval, providing the data packet by the computing device to a neighbor device that is a member of the second P2P connection.

A computer system comprising:

• at least one processor and
• at least one memory comprising instructions configured to cause the at least one processor to perform a method comprising:
• configuring a network component coupled to the computing device for dividing time associated with participating in multiple peer to peer (P2P) connections utilizing a Wi-Fi Direct (WFD) discovery protocol;
• receiving, at the computing device, a data packet via a first P2P connection included in the multiple P2P connections, wherein the computing device is a member of the first P2P connection;
• identifying, by the computing device, a second P2P connection for forwarding the data packet;
• waiting, by the computing device, a time interval for forwarding the data packet through the second P2P connection;
• and
• upon expiration of the time interval, providing the data packet by the computing device to a neighbor device that is a member of the second P2P connection.