Interleaving multiple bluetooth low energy advertisements

摘要

The present disclosure relates to broadcasting multiple packets at periodic intervals for receipt by other devices. A common device can transmit multiple beacon protocols simultaneously (i.e., an interleaving of different beacons), such that regardless of which protocol a receiving device supports, it may utilize advertisements from that common device (e.g., beacon). Thus, a single or common transmitting device may support multiple advertisements, such that the amount of hardware to be deployed in any network is reduced. Rather than deploying a device per beacon, a single device may be deployed and transmit multiple beacons.

主权项

1. A method of broadcasting a plurality of data packets at periodic intervals, comprising:
setting a transmission interval of at least one data packet such that a transmission rate of the at least one data packet is compatible with a receiver rate of a receiving device within a transmission range of the at least one data packet; populating a portion of the at least one data packet with a first protocol, the first protocol including first protocol data; enabling transmission of the populated at least one data packet and transmitting the populated at least one data packet; and after delaying for an interleave interval, which is a function of the transmission interval and a repeated number of times the at least one data packet is broadcast, populating the at least one data packet with a second protocol including second protocol data.