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NOVELTY - Wearable communications node (100) comprises an apparel item (140) in the form of a harness that comprises: a primary portion; a halo element extending from the primary portion and positioned about the neck region of the user; a fastener that demountably couples the primary portion to the halo element; an antenna element (145) positioned within the apparel item; an A/V hub affixed proximate to the halo element that receives audio and/or video input; a communications device (110) positioned within the apparel item; a battery (115) positioned within the apparel item; a control circuit (105) positioned within the apparel item and communicatively coupled to the antenna element, the A/V hub, the communications device, and the battery. USE - As wearable communications node. ADVANTAGE - The method enables providing enhanced signal quality to users by allowing traffic to hop from user to user, instead of requiring wireless transmission to take place directly between the user and an access point, thus providing enhanced quality of service (QoS) to the users. The method allows the network elements to utilize the full capacity of the first tier backhaul links, thus preventing the call blocking ratio on the secondary backhaul link from becoming onerous, and hence reducing the over-provisioning in the first backhaul network which is necessary, given the limited geographical range of the mesh networks. DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Wearable communications node (100) comprises an apparel item (140) in the form of a harness that comprises: a primary portion; a halo element extending from the primary portion and positioned about the neck region of the user; a fastener that demountably couples the primary portion to the halo element; an antenna element (145) positioned within the apparel item; an A/V hub affixed proximate to the halo element that receives audio and/or video input; a communications device (110) positioned within the apparel item; a battery (115) positioned within the apparel item; a control circuit (105) positioned within the apparel item and communicatively coupled to the antenna element, the A/V hub, the communications device, and the battery, where (i) the A/V hub comprises a microphone; and the control circuit is configured to establish, via the communication hub, a self-organizing wide area network (WAN) with computing devices, each of the computing devices connects directly, dynamically, and non-hierarchically to the WAN; the antenna element comprises: a conductive composition that comprises: fully exfoliated single sheets of graphene; a polymer; the fully exfoliated single sheets of graphene form a three-dimensional percolated network within the polymer; and the fully exfoliated single sheets of graphene are separated on a nanoscale within the polymer, (ii) the A/V hub comprises a microphone; the control circuit is configured to establish, via the communication hub, a self-organizing WAN with computing devices, each of the computing devices connects directly, dynamically, and non-hierarchically to the WAN; the primary portion comprises a housing; the control circuit is embedded in a thermally conductive polymer; and the thermally conductive polymer is positioned in the housing, or (iii) the A/V hub comprises a microphone; the control circuit is configured to establish, via the communication hub, a self-organizing WAN with computing devices, each of the computing devices connects directly, dynamically, and non-hierarchically to the WAN; the antenna element comprises: a conductive composition that comprises: fully exfoliated single sheets of graphene; a polymer; the fully exfoliated single sheets of graphene form a three-dimensional percolated network within the polymer; the fully exfoliated single sheets of graphene are separated on a nanoscale within the polymer; the primary portion comprises a housing; the control circuit is embedded in a thermally conductive polymer; and the thermally conductive polymer is positioned in the housing. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for the wearable computing device. DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a block diagram of a communications node. Node (100) Control circuit (105) Communications device (110) Battery (115) Camera (125) Apparel item (140) Antenna element (145) Transmission line (150) Housing (155) Data files (170)