Method of Forwarding a Received Message in a Mesh Network Comprising a Plurality of Communicatively Interconnected Mesh Nodes as well as a Corresponding Mesh Node

A method of forwarding a received message in a mesh network comprising a plurality of communicatively interconnected mesh nodes, said method comprising the steps of:

• receiving, by a first mesh node of the plurality of interconnected mesh nodes, a message to be forwarded in said mesh network;
• determining, by the first mesh node, that said message is intended for a particular neighbour mesh node that is one hop away from the first mesh node;
• and
• unicasting, by the first mesh node, said message to the particular neighbour mesh node a plurality of times, wherein each time delay between successive unicasted repetitions of said message is predetermined.

A mesh node arranged for operation in a mesh network comprising a plurality of communicatively interconnected mesh nodes, wherein the mesh node comprises:

• receive equipment arranged for receiving a message to be forwarded in said mesh network;
• process equipment arranged for determining that said message is intended for a particular neighbour mesh node that is one hop away from the mesh node;
• and
• transmit equipment arranged for unicasting said message to the particular neighbour mesh node a plurality of times, wherein each time delay between successive unicasted repetitions of said message is predetermined.