A method and apparatus in a communication system includes establishing a communication link between a first and second mobile communication resources (111, 114) via a series of land-based communication resources (121, 131, 132, 124) which have a first and last ((121,131), (132, 125)) land-based communication resources. The first and second mobiles (111, 114) have a first and last wireless connection (161, 164) respectively. The first mobile (111) transmits in sequence sequentially numbered packets of data via the first wireless connection (161) to the first land-based communication resource (121, 131). A detecting communication resource, including one of the land-based communication resources (121, 131, 132, 124), detects reception of out of sequence packets of data, and transmits out of sequence the sequentially numbered packets of data to communication resources subsequent in series to the detecting communication resource including the second mobile (114) via the last wireless connection (164).