Transmission of data through a mesh network topology

A wireless communication network comprising:

• a first wireless communication module and a second wireless communication module, each comprising:
• an electronic nicotine delivery device including a processor configured to generate a token that includes an ID specific to the electronic nicotine delivery device;
• a mesh chip configured to receive the token and operate simultaneously with a master persona and with a slave persona in separate communication relationships using the same communication protocol, wherein the mesh chip is configured to switch back and forth between the master persona and the slave persona by interleaving periods of advertising as a potential master device with periods of observing as a potential slave device, wherein the mesh chip is configured to perform the interleaving by adopting a communication schedule comprising:
• during a listening period, listening in the master persona for advertising data transmitted from another wireless communication module operating in the slave persona, and
• during an advertising period, transmitting in the slave persona during an advertising period advertising data for transfer to another wireless communication module operating in the master persona;
• wherein the first wireless communication module is configured to, when operating in the slave persona, transmit the token of the electronic nicotine delivery device corresponding to the first wireless communication module to be transmitted across the wireless communication network and the second wireless communication module is configured to, when operating in the master device mode, receive the token of the electronic nicotine delivery device corresponding to the first wireless communication module;
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• wherein the second wireless communication module is configured to, when operating in the slave persona, transmit the token of the electronic nicotine delivery device corresponding to the second wireless communication module and the first wireless communication module is configured to, when operating in the master persona, receive the advertising data transmitted by the second wireless communication module, thereby to receive the token of the electronic nicotine delivery device corresponding to the second wireless communication module.

A method of transmitting data through a mesh network, the method comprising:

• at a first node of the mesh network corresponding to a first electronic nicotine delivery device including a processor and configured to generate a first token that includes an ID specific to the first electronic nicotine delivery device, the first node adopting an advertising state in which a data first token is included in first node advertising data transmitted by the first node;
• at a second node within wireless communication range of the first node and simultaneously with at least a portion of a duration of the advertising state at the first node, adopting a listening state in which the second node listens for advertising data transmitted from another node, during which listening state the first node advertising data is received by the second node;
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• at the second node and subsequent to receiving the first node advertising data, adopting an advertising state in which the token received in the first node advertising data is included in second node advertising data transmitted by the second node;
• wherein the second node is configured to switch back and forth between the advertising state and the listening state by adopting a communication schedule which interleaves periods of advertising in a master persona with periods of observing in a slave persona.