A method of enabling extended range communication between a first low power digital radio device (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30) which is in communication with a low power digital radio interface (50a, 52a, 54a) of an intermediate access point (50, 52, 54) and a second low power digital radio device (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30) which is in communication with a further low power digital radio interface (50a, 52a, 54a) of a further intermediate access point (50, 52, 54); the intermediate access point (50, 52, 54) having an other communications interface (50b, 52b, 54b), and the further intermediate access point (50, 52, 54) having a further communications interface (50b, 52b, 54b), the intermediate access point (50, 52, 54) and the further intermediate access point (50, 52, 54) forming part of a communication network, the method characterised by: detecting, via the intermediate access point (50, 52, 54) and the further intermediate access point (50, 52, 54), available devices comprising the second low power digital radio interface (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30) in the communication network; performing, via the intermediate access point (50, 52, 54) and the further intermediate access point (50, 52, 54), a proxy function for the second low power digital radio device (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30), the second low power digital radio device (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30) being selectable from the available devices via a user interface of the intermediate access point (50, 52, 54); bonding or associating, via the intermediate access point (50, 52, 54), with the first low power digital radio device (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30); bonding or associating via the further intermediate access point (50, 52, 54), with the second low power digital radio device (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30), thereby to establish secure communication between the first low power digital radio device (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30) and the second low power digital radio device (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30) and to enable the first low power digital radio device (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30) to send data to and receive data from the second low power digital radio device (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30) via the intermediate access point (50, 52, 54) and the further intermediate access point (50, 52, 54), wherein the intermediate access point (50, 52, 54) is adapted to communicate through a mesh backbone to the further intermediate access point (50, 52, 54). detecting, via the intermediate access point (50, 52, 54) and the further intermediate access point (50, 52, 54), available devices comprising the second low power digital radio interface (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30) in the communication network; performing, via the intermediate access point (50, 52, 54) and the further intermediate access point (50, 52, 54), a proxy function for the second low power digital radio device (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30), the second low power digital radio device (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30) being selectable from the available devices via a user interface of the intermediate access point (50, 52, 54); bonding or associating, via the intermediate access point (50, 52, 54), with the first low power digital radio device (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30); bonding or associating via the further intermediate access point (50, 52, 54), with the second low power digital radio device (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30), thereby to establish secure communication between the first low power digital radio device (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30) and the second low power digital radio device (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30) and to enable the first low power digital radio device (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30) to send data to and receive data from the second low power digital radio device (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30) via the intermediate access point (50, 52, 54) and the further intermediate access point (50, 52, 54), wherein the intermediate access point (50, 52, 54) is adapted to communicate through a mesh backbone to the further intermediate access point (50, 52, 54).