A method and system for communicating within a wireless communication
network (200) is provided. The communication between Portable Subscriber
Units (PSUs) (104 and 106) by using a Vehicular Repeater (110) over a
conventional communication link (102) is attempted (404). If the
conventional communication link attempt fails (406), the communication is
initiated directly from one PSU (104) to at least one other PSU (106) by
using a direct channel link (202).