A METHOD FOR ENABLING VIRTUAL LOCAL AREA NETWORK OVER WIRELESS NETWORKS

The present invention relates to a method to allow multiple virtual local area network (VLAN) traffics to traverse over a wireless multi-hop network. The method is characterised by the steps of performing initialization phase, wherein the initialization phase includes exchanging media access control (MAC) addresses and Basic Service Set Identifications (BSSIDs) information between an access point (AP) (200) and a relay client (300); performing AP (200) to relay client (300) operation phase, wherein the AP (200) to relay client (300) operation phase includes transmitting a modified MAC address from AP (200) to the relay client (300); and performing relay client (300) to AP (200) operation phase, wherein the relay client (300) to AP (200) operation phase includes transmitting a modified transmitter MAC address at the packet header from relay client (300) to AP (200).