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An apparatus and method is provided for transparent communication between a remote or mobile device and a fixed communication host network. The apparatus and method may include a remote network controller that logically resides between the host network and the existing infrastructure(s) that are use

An apparatus and method is provided for transparent communication between a remote or mobile device and a fixed communication host network. The apparatus and method may include a remote network controller that logically resides between the host network and the existing infrastructure(s) that are used to provide communications network contact with one or more remote devices. The remote network controller is connected to the host communication network as a protocol-appropriate communications controller so that remote devices are indistinguishable to the host network from the locally-attached devices. Each remote device may be provided with an asynchronous serial data interface to communicate with a mobile data controller. The mobile data controller, in combination with the remote network controller, provides end-to-end data communication such that incompatible protocols are transparent to the remote device and host communication network. A router may be provided which selects a communications network in accordance with user configured parameters. The router communicates over a plurality of incompatible networks and is capable of using a variety of different protocols. Switching between the plurality of incompatible networks is transparent to the remote device and host communication network.

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1. A method of dynamically routing data in a system comprising a first device and a plurality of remote devices, the first device being connected to a plurality of parallel wireless networks so that the plurality of networks can be monitored during a transmission, each of the remote devices being co

1. A method of dynamically routing data in a system comprising a first device and a plurality of remote devices, the first device being connected to a plurality of parallel wireless networks so that the plurality of networks can be monitored during a transmission, each of the remote devices being connected to one parallel wireless network or the plurality of parallel wireless networks so that the plurality of networks can be monitored during the transmission, the method comprising:maintaining active networks between the first device and at least one of the remote devices, at least two of the plurality of parallel wireless networks being autonomous, dissimilar, connected to both the first device and the remote device, and available for data transmission; monitoring the status of the plurality of parallel dissimilar wireless networks; transmitting over a first available network as needed; switching from the first network to a second available network; transmitting over the second network; receiving over the first available network as needed; and receiving over the second network, wherein the transmission between the first device and the remote device occurs while switching from the first network to the second network.