https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/13543/how-does-the-ble-mesh-workhi I am trying to gather information on what is needed to create a mesh network using BLE. I am more familiar with Zigbee/Thread, but I am asked to implement something using the nrf51822. I was thinking of 2 options : use 6lowPan : I guessen-USTelligent Community 13Fri, 29 Apr 2016 11:16:43 GMThttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/51673?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 29 Apr 2016 11:16:43 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:f8f6c8bd-df27-41cb-9687-26c3466f261eDavid Edwin<p>You can take a look at the documentation available in the github repo. These are the relevant links that answer your question on softdevice support, method used to transfer the packets from node to node. <a href="https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/nRF51-ble-bcast-mesh/blob/master/README.adoc">https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/nRF51-ble-bcast-mesh/blob/master/README.adoc</a></p> <p><a href="https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/nRF51-ble-bcast-mesh/blob/master/docs/how_it_works.adoc">https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/nRF51-ble-bcast-mesh/blob/master/docs/how_it_works.adoc</a></p> <blockquote> <p>am curious how 2 slave devices can communicate with 1 another? is the advertising beacon used to transport data? Yes, the advertiser and scanner are implemented in the Timeslot API and is used to transport data.</p> </blockquote><div style="clear:both;"></div>