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BLE Range Extension with Intermediate BLE Combo Multiple Roles - Is this possible?

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BLE specifications allows following combo/multiple roles:

  • Peripheral + Observer
  • Peripheral + Broadcaster
  • Central + Observer
  • Central + Broadcaster

If noted carefully above allows only  a star network with only one central device in a network:

[Peripheral + Central] combo role is required to extend the range - Example: Central ---> [Peripheral + Central] ---> Peripheral. Now Central is two BLE lengths away from Peripheral extending the BLE network to double. This is what CSR Mesh may be doing.

Question: Is there any way to extend the TI BLE network in such a way (may be like or another way):

Central -> [BLE Combo or other implementation] -> Peripheral.