A wireless communication system (100, 200), comprising one or more monitoring devices (104, 204) and one or more asset tag devices, wherein the one or more monitoring devices (104, 204) are configured to: - transmit a beacon frame on at least one first communication channel, at least once per beacon interval, the beacon frame comprising information of a second communication channel, and - listen to the second communication channel, the one or more asset tag devices operating in a high-capacity mode are configured to: - scan at least one first communication channel to receive at least one beacon frame transmitted by the one or more monitoring devices (104, 204), - select a monitoring device (104, 204) based on at least one selection criterion, - switch to the second communication channel indicated in the beacon frame transmitted by the selected monitoring device (104, 204), and - transmit an initialization message to the selected monitoring device (104, 204) to initiate communication with the selected monitoring device (104, 204) on the second communication channel, wherein the selected monitoring device (104, 204) is further configured to communicate with the one or more asset tag devices on the second communication channel in response to receiving the initialization message from the one or more asset tag devices. the one or more monitoring devices (104, 204) are configured to: - transmit a beacon frame on at least one first communication channel, at least once per beacon interval, the beacon frame comprising information of a second communication channel, and - listen to the second communication channel, - transmit a beacon frame on at least one first communication channel, at least once per beacon interval, the beacon frame comprising information of a second communication channel, and - listen to the second communication channel, the one or more asset tag devices operating in a high-capacity mode are configured to: - scan at least one first communication channel to receive at least one beacon frame transmitted by the one or more monitoring devices (104, 204), - select a monitoring device (104, 204) based on at least one selection criterion, - switch to the second communication channel indicated in the beacon frame transmitted by the selected monitoring device (104, 204), and - transmit an initialization message to the selected monitoring device (104, 204) to initiate communication with the selected monitoring device (104, 204) on the second communication channel, - scan at least one first communication channel to receive at least one beacon frame transmitted by the one or more monitoring devices (104, 204), - select a monitoring device (104, 204) based on at least one selection criterion, - switch to the second communication channel indicated in the beacon frame transmitted by the selected monitoring device (104, 204), and - transmit an initialization message to the selected monitoring device (104, 204) to initiate communication with the selected monitoring device (104, 204) on the second communication channel, wherein the selected monitoring device (104, 204) is further configured to communicate with the one or more asset tag devices on the second communication channel in response to receiving the initialization message from the one or more asset tag devices.