FY25 SUMMER STUDENTS/THE RESEARCH WILL FOCUS ON INITIAL EXPERIMENTATION AND EMULATION-BASED INVESTIGATION OF EXTREMELY HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS (XHN) CONSIDERING THE SIMULTANEOUS USE OF MULTIPLE COMPLIMENTARY COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN A MULTI-HOP ROUTE. THE RESEARCH OUTCOMES WILL ALLOW NETWORKS TO BE RESILIENT VARIOUS SOURCES OF NETWORK FAILURES.