A system comprising: one or more processors of a fifth generation, 5G, base station that uses one or more of a centimeter wave band or a millimeter wave band for communication; and programming instructions configured to be executed by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising: identifying relay nodes and user equipment, UE, devices wirelessly coupled to the 5G base station, wherein a first relay node (102A, 102D, 102E) of the relay nodes is connected to the 5G base station and a second relay node (102B, 102C) of the relay nodes is connected to the first relay node; allocating, based at least in part on the identifying the relay nodes and the UE devices, a first portion of bandwidth for respective wireless access links between the 5G base station and the UE devices and a second portion of the bandwidth for respective wireless backhaul links between the 5G base station and the first relay node and between the first relay node and the second relay node; establishing the respective wireless access links between the 5G base station and one or more of the UE devices; establishing the respective wireless backhaul links between the 5G base station and the first relay node and between the first relay node and the second relay node; and utilizing the respective wireless access links to communicate with the one or more of the UE devices, and the backhaul links to communicate with the first and second relay nodes; wherein at least a portion of the relay nodes form a mesh network; and wherein the identifying relay nodes comprises determining a path from the 5G base station through the mesh network of relay nodes and the second portion of the bandwidth is allocated for the wireless backhaul links of the path. one or more processors of a fifth generation, 5G, base station that uses one or more of a centimeter wave band or a millimeter wave band for communication; and programming instructions configured to be executed by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising: identifying relay nodes and user equipment, UE, devices wirelessly coupled to the 5G base station, wherein a first relay node (102A, 102D, 102E) of the relay nodes is connected to the 5G base station and a second relay node (102B, 102C) of the relay nodes is connected to the first relay node; allocating, based at least in part on the identifying the relay nodes and the UE devices, a first portion of bandwidth for respective wireless access links between the 5G base station and the UE devices and a second portion of the bandwidth for respective wireless backhaul links between the 5G base station and the first relay node and between the first relay node and the second relay node; establishing the respective wireless access links between the 5G base station and one or more of the UE devices; establishing the respective wireless backhaul links between the 5G base station and the first relay node and between the first relay node and the second relay node; and utilizing the respective wireless access links to communicate with the one or more of the UE devices, and the backhaul links to communicate with the first and second relay nodes; wherein at least a portion of the relay nodes form a mesh network; and wherein the identifying relay nodes comprises determining a path from the 5G base station through the mesh network of relay nodes and the second portion of the bandwidth is allocated for the wireless backhaul links of the path. identifying relay nodes and user equipment, UE, devices wirelessly coupled to the 5G base station, wherein a first relay node (102A, 102D, 102E) of the relay nodes is connected to the 5G base station and a second relay node (102B, 102C) of the relay nodes is connected to the first relay node; allocating, based at least in part on the identifying the relay nodes and the UE devices, a first portion of bandwidth for respective wireless access links between the 5G base station and the UE devices and a second portion of the bandwidth for respective wireless backhaul links between the 5G base station and the first relay node and between the first relay node and the second relay node; establishing the respective wireless access links between the 5G base station and one or more of the UE devices; establishing the respective wireless backhaul links between the 5G base station and the first relay node and between the first relay node and the second relay node; and utilizing the respective wireless access links to communicate with the one or more of the UE devices, and the backhaul links to communicate with the first and second relay nodes; wherein at least a portion of the relay nodes form a mesh network; and wherein the identifying relay nodes comprises determining a path from the 5G base station through the mesh network of relay nodes and the second portion of the bandwidth is allocated for the wireless backhaul links of the path.