Managing signaling resources using hidden public land mobile network signals

A wireless communication network to communicate with a wireless communication device, the wireless communication network comprising:

• a wireless access node configured to wirelessly broadcast an available user Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) and an available relay PLMN;
• a wireless relay configured to wirelessly receive the available user PLMN and the available relay PLMN and to wirelessly broadcast the available user PLMN;
• the wireless relay configured to wirelessly exchange user data with the wireless communication device over the available user PLMN and exchange the user data with the wireless access node over the available relay PLMN;
• the wireless access node configured to detect a network condition, and in response, wirelessly direct the wireless relay to use a specific Physical Cell Identifier (PCI) associated with an unavailable relay PLMN and an unavailable user PLMN;
• the wireless relay configured to wirelessly direct the wireless communication device to use the specific PCI associated with the unavailable user PLMN in response to the direction from the wireless access node;
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• the wireless relay configured to wirelessly exchange user data with the wireless communication device over a selective channel in the unavailable user PLMN and exchange the user data with the wireless access node over another selective channel in the unavailable relay PLMN.