A method for wireless communication, comprising: configuring a radio of a first device to operate in accordance with a resource-spread multiple access, further referred to as RSMA, technology, wherein the RSMA technology spreads data and control across time-domain resources in a first mode of operation and across frequency-domain resources in a second mode of operation; switching the radio between the first mode of operation and the second mode of operation in accordance with scheduling information received at the first device from a scheduling entity that is in wireless communication with the first device; when operating in the first mode of operation, transmitting data wirelessly from the first device at a first power level over the time-domain resources to an entity in a wide area network; and when operating in the second mode of operation: a) transmitting data wirelessly from the first device at a second power level lower than the first power level over the frequency-domain resources to a second device in a mesh network; and b) selecting the second power level to be less than a power level calculated or predefined to cause the entity in the wide area network to ignore data transmissions by the first device in the second mode of operation if received by the entity in the wide area network or calculated or expected to be undetected by the entity in the wide area network. configuring a radio of a first device to operate in accordance with a resource-spread multiple access, further referred to as RSMA, technology, wherein the RSMA technology spreads data and control across time-domain resources in a first mode of operation and across frequency-domain resources in a second mode of operation; switching the radio between the first mode of operation and the second mode of operation in accordance with scheduling information received at the first device from a scheduling entity that is in wireless communication with the first device; when operating in the first mode of operation, transmitting data wirelessly from the first device at a first power level over the time-domain resources to an entity in a wide area network; and when operating in the second mode of operation: a) transmitting data wirelessly from the first device at a second power level lower than the first power level over the frequency-domain resources to a second device in a mesh network; and b) selecting the second power level to be less than a power level calculated or predefined to cause the entity in the wide area network to ignore data transmissions by the first device in the second mode of operation if received by the entity in the wide area network or calculated or expected to be undetected by the entity in the wide area network. a) transmitting data wirelessly from the first device at a second power level lower than the first power level over the frequency-domain resources to a second device in a mesh network; and b) selecting the second power level to be less than a power level calculated or predefined to cause the entity in the wide area network to ignore data transmissions by the first device in the second mode of operation if received by the entity in the wide area network or calculated or expected to be undetected by the entity in the wide area network.