A network node in a wireless network performs a method for enhancing reliability in wireless communication. The method includes determining, at a first network node, that a current link with a second network node is broken. The method also includes attempting, at the first network node, to recover the current link. The method further includes, upon a determination that the current link is not recoverable, establishing, at the first network node, a new link with the second network node according to one of a plurality of switching rules, the switching rules ordered according to a priority among the switching rules.