Virtualized wireless mesh in airplane cabin for deterministic topology control

A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions for handling wireless communication that, when executed by at least one processor of a computer system, cause the computer system to:

• establish a deterministic connection with each of a plurality of physical router devices configured to communicate wirelessly with a plurality of low-power wireless devices;
• and
• implement a virtual mesh network environment, comprising:
• a plurality of virtual routers configured to communicate with the plurality of low-power wireless devices through the plurality of physical router devices, wherein each of the virtual routers corresponds to one of the physical router devices;
• and
• a virtual communication layer configured to route inter-router communication between the plurality of virtual routers.

A computer-implemented method for handling wireless communication, comprising:

• implementing, by one or more processors of a server, a plurality of virtual routers within a virtual mesh network environment;
• establishing, via a communication interface of the server, a deterministic connection between each of the plurality of virtual routers and each of a plurality of physical router devices configured to communicate wirelessly with a plurality of low-power wireless devices, wherein each of the virtual routers corresponds to one of the physical router devices and is configured to communicate with the plurality of low-power wireless devices through such corresponding physical router device;
• implementing, by the one or more processors of the server, a virtual communication layer configured to route inter-router communication between the plurality of virtual routers;
• receiving, at the plurality of physical router devices, data from the plurality of low-power wireless devices;
• and
• communicating, by the one or more processors of the server, the data to a client application external to the virtual mesh network environment from at least one of the plurality of virtual routers.