FIELD: radio engineering, communication.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a mesh communication network. Disclosed is a communication network comprising a plurality of physical media. The physical media may be sensitive to disturbances that are different from one physical medium to another, such that a failure in one physical medium does not effect communication in other physical medium of the communication network. The nodes of the communication network may comprise a plurality of physical layer and MAC unit pairs, each pair connected to a different physical medium. The transfer of massages between the network nodes through said different physical media is done in a transparent way by upper layers of the communication unit of said network nodes.
EFFECT: preventing situations when communication with one or more stations is blocked for at least a certain time.
24 cl, 2 dwg, 10 tbl
