Depends on how they communicate between each other. I'm doing some stuff around LoRa [1] for long range communication, and my base station is a Rpi, the end nodes can be any type of microcontroller. E.g. [2] which comes with ARM's mbed, which even allows me to program them from the browser. For Bluetooth pick anything based on nrf58122, e.g. [3]. For WiFi pick ESP 8266 [4].

[1] http://www.link-labs.com/what-is-lora/ [2] http://www.multitech.com/brands/multiconnect-mdot [3] https://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/Products/Bluetooth-Smart-Blue... [4] http://www.espruino.com/ESP8266