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Beacons 1 Beacon is continuous Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) transmitter device with unique identifier at a known place. 2 The beacons manufacturers BlueCats BlueSense Estimote Gelo Kontact Sonic Notify


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Beacons

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  • Beacon is continuous Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

transmitter device with unique identifier at a known place.

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  • BlueCats
  • BlueSense
  • Estimote
  • Gelo
  • Kontact
  • Sonic Notify

The beacons manufacturers

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  • http://estimote.com/
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  • iBeacon: protocol developed by apple in 2013
  • AltBeacon: open source protocol developed by Radius

Network in 2014

  • Eddystone: protocol developed by Google in 2015
  • … and many propriatary protocols

The beacons protocols

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  • Estimote Monitoring
  • default protocol in both Location and Proximity Beacons
  • Estimote Connection
  • to connect to a beacon and change its settings
  • Estimote Location
  • new packet, designed specifically to work with the Estimote Indoor

Location SDK.

  • Estimote Telemetry
  • broadcasts information from sensors
  • Nearable
  • Used in Estimote Stickers to include more sensor data in a single

packet

  • iBeacon : Apple

Beacons protocols supported by Estimotes

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Beacons protocols supported by Estimotes

  • Eddystone UID
  • Broadcasts an identifying code that allows apps to retrieve

information from app servers

  • Eddystone EID
  • Eddystone URL
  • broadcasts a URL that redirects to a website that is secured using

SSL

  • Eddystone TLM
  • Broadcasts information about the beacon: battery level, sensor

data, etc.

  • Generic Advertiser
  • Used to configure packets
  • Here & Now
  • Allows you to use the Physical Web to broadcast short messages

to devices with the Physical Web protocol enabled

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iBeacons protocol

  • Broadcast one advertising packet:
  • (UUID, Major, Minor)
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Can broadcast three different packets:

Eddystone packet

http://iosandi.blogspot.ch/2015/12/in-addition-to-my-previous-post-i-have.html

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  • Retail/details

Uses cases

  • http://blog.mowowstudios.com/2015/02/100-use-cases-

examples-ibeacon-technology/

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  • Indoor positioning

Uses cases

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoVvPZRFd1I