Disclosed herein are systems and methods relating to
wireless communication mesh networks. In one aspect, the disclosed systems and methods may involve (1) a preexisting
fiber network associated with a geographical area that includes buildings, where the preexisting
fiber network comprises preexisting
fiber links, (2) a first fiber link that is spliced into a given one of the preexisting fiber links coupled to the preexisting
fiber network at a given location that was identified as being convenient for extending the preexisting
fiber network, (3) a second fiber link that is deployed between the given location and a given building that is closest to the given location, where the given building is configured to serve as a seed node of a
wireless communication mesh network that has backhaul
connectivity through the preexisting
fiber network, and (4) one or more point-to-point or point-to-multipoint communication links that originate from the seed node.