EFFICIENT NETWORK LAYER FOR IPV6 PROTOCOL

An electronic device comprises a network interface configured to wirelessly couple the electronic device to a second target electronic device via an intermediary electronic device in a wireless mesh network. The electronic device further comprises a processor configured to establish at least one mesh link to the intermediary electronic device on a data link layer using an IEEE 802.15.4 standard. The processor is further configured to establish a session with the target electronic device through the intermediary electronic device using a Datagram Transport Layer Security, DTLS, protocol, wherein application layer communication during the session is secured at the electronic device and at the target electronic device using the DTLS protocol, and transmit session packets to the target electronic device via the intermediary electronic device using the IPv6 standard, the session packets being routed based on routing data received from the intermediary electronic device, the routing data including a routing table of distances between electronic devices.