A communications system comprising: a service provider device; a mobile wireless communications device; and a plurality of communication infrastructure nodes (14a...14n) configured to determine when a generated communications path is an association mismatch communications path between said service provider device and said mobile wireless communications device, the association mismatch communications path including at least two communication infrastructure nodes (14a, 14b) in series, and connect said service provider device and said mobile wireless communications device via the association mismatch communications path, wherein the generated communications path is determined to not be an association mismatch communications path by determining, at a given one of said plurality of communication infrastructure nodes (14a...14n), that a destination of communications is said mobile wireless communications device, and determining that said given one of said plurality of communication infrastructure nodes (14a...14n) is coupled to both said mobile wireless communications device and said service provider device; and if the generated communications path is determined to be an association mismatch communications path, generate a corrected association communications path between said service provider device and said mobile wireless communications device from said mismatch communications path, the corrected association communications path including just a single communication infrastructure node from the at least two communication infrastructure nodes, by switching said service provider device and said mobile wireless communications device to be connected via the corrected association communications path. a service provider device; a mobile wireless communications device; and a plurality of communication infrastructure nodes (14a...14n) configured to determine when a generated communications path is an association mismatch communications path between said service provider device and said mobile wireless communications device, the association mismatch communications path including at least two communication infrastructure nodes (14a, 14b) in series, and connect said service provider device and said mobile wireless communications device via the association mismatch communications path, wherein the generated communications path is determined to not be an association mismatch communications path by determining, at a given one of said plurality of communication infrastructure nodes (14a...14n), that a destination of communications is said mobile wireless communications device, and determining that said given one of said plurality of communication infrastructure nodes (14a...14n) is coupled to both said mobile wireless communications device and said service provider device; and if the generated communications path is determined to be an association mismatch communications path, generate a corrected association communications path between said service provider device and said mobile wireless communications device from said mismatch communications path, the corrected association communications path including just a single communication infrastructure node from the at least two communication infrastructure nodes, by switching said service provider device and said mobile wireless communications device to be connected via the corrected association communications path.