An overview of Beacons
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Beacons are small Bluetooth transmitters that broadcast unique IDs to nearby devices, enabling communication and interaction through dedicated apps. They have evolved from the iBeacon protocol by Apple to include alternatives like Google's Eddystone, offering various functionalities for different applications. Common use cases span retail, education, and public spaces, making beacons increasingly prevalent in everyday environments.
An overview of Beacons
- 1. An overview of Beacons
- 2. Agenda • What is a Beacon. • How does beacons work. • What beacons transmit. • How do beacons connect to the web. • How does beacon communicate. • Where did beacon begin. • Common use cases of beacon. • Types of beacons.
- 3. A beacon is a small Bluetooth radio transmitter. Beacons repeatedly transmits a single signal that other devices can see. It is like a lighthouse but Instead of emitting visible light, it broadcasts a radio signal on a regular interval time. Any Bluetooth-equipped device like a smartphone can “see” a beacon once it’s in range.
- 5. What a beacon actually transmit? It transmits a unique ID that tells a nearby Bluetooth device which beacon it’s next to. How can I interact with beacons? For example, A shopping mall installs beacons in their shops, all of the beacons will have unique IDs, registered in their dedicated app.This means a smartphone app can immediately recognize that the incoming ID is important and that it’s from that particular shop.This ID has its own meaning and it’s entirely up to an app or other program to recognize what it means. What happens next? Totally depends on what the owner has programmed it to do. One code could display a coupon. Another could offer some service.The possibilities are nearly endless.
- 6. How do beacons connect to the web? Bluetooth presents in 90% of all phones and has been around since the 1990s. So what’s changed?Why is it so important now? It is very important to the Internet ofThings but, many consumers don’t use Bluetooth on a daily basis. Beacons are compatible with devices 90% of world’s phones, consumers use on a daily basis around the globe. The infrastructure for the entire beacon ecosystem is provided by Bluetooth. It’s a standard for sending data over short distances. There is already a web of Bluetooth around you that can connect beacons and smart devices and almost anything else.
- 7. How does a beacon communicate? Although Beacon hardware is simple, but the way it triggers actions can be a little complicated. here’s how a beacon communicates: The beacon sends out its Unique ID about ten times every second (sometimes depending on its settings).A nearby Bluetooth device, like phone, picks up that signal.The moment a dedicated app recognize it, it links it to an action or piece of content stored in the cloud and displays it to the user.
- 8. Where did beacons begin? Beacons began with the introduction of iBeacon which is simply a protocol that lets Bluetooth devices transmit very small bits of data. In 2015, Google came out with Eddystone, as the iBeacon alternative. Since then, iBeacon and Eddystone have ruled the proximity market.
- 9. The iBeacon is the first and currently the most widely-used communication protocol, developed by Apple. It is natively supported in iOS. Although the iBeacon profile works on other mobile operating systems too, it works best in the environment it was designed for, iPhones and iPads. It works like this: a beacon using an iBeacon profile contains a combination of letters and numbers. Each code is unique for every beacon and a mobile application will only take action if it recognizes a beacon as being on the list. Once a beacon is detected by an application that recognizes it, the application can trigger some kind of action. Eddystone is a new and open communication protocol developed by Google with Android users in mind. Eddystone works the same as iBeacon, but google have extended functionality beyond that. Eddystone exists as three different types of protocols: Eddystone-UID, Eddystone-URL, and Eddystone-TLM. Eddystone-UID broadcasts a short code on a regular interval. Eddystone-URL broadcasts a URL that can be viewed by anyone with a smartphone whether they have required app installed or not, and Eddystone-TLM broadcasts some telemetry data about any attached sensors and the status of the beacon itself.
- 10. Retail Events Education Offices Culture Hospitality AirportsWhat is a beacon used for?
- 11. Common use cases of beacons? Proximity technology is still really popular in retail settings. Pay a visit to Macy’s, American Eagle, or the Tokyo airport, and you may find beacons in place. But beacons are becoming even more popular each year. This means you’re likely to find them just about anywhere you move.
- 12. Types of Beacons
- 15. List of Some Biggest Beacons Manufactures 1. BlueCats 4. Gelo by Qualcomm 7. Kontakt 2. 3. 5. 6. 8. 9.
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