Communication system and method for operating 5G mesh network for enhanced coverage and ultra-reliable communication

A communication system, comprising:

• a central cloud server that comprises a processor, wherein the processor is configured to:
• establish a primary communication path between a radio access network (RAN) node and one or more user equipment (UEs) via a first set of edge devices of a plurality of edge devices, wherein each edge device of the plurality of edge devices is configured as a mesh node of a mesh network;
• determine a plurality of secondary communication paths between the RAN node and the one or more UEs via different sets of edge devices of the plurality of edge devices;
• rank each of the plurality of secondary communication paths in terms of one or more signal quality parameters;
• and
• control switching from the primary communication path to one or more secondary communication paths configured as backup communication paths, in a sequential order based on the ranking within a threshold time to maintain a continuity in service to the one or more UEs for an uplink and downlink communication.