LOCATION BLE BEACON

摘要

Techniques for obtaining device location using a BLE location beacon are provided. Specifically, methods are presented, that when taken alone or together, provide a device or group of devices with an efficient, low power means for obtaining a proximate location using a universally unique identifier.

主权项

1. A device operating in a near-field communication environment or an IEEE 802.15 environment, comprising:
a memory; a transceiver, the transceiver configured to:
receive a plurality of beacon frames with location information from an Ultra High Frequency (UHF) wireless low energy location beacon operating in accordance with one of the environment, wherein: the plurality of beacon frames include advertising channel packets and an advertiser address, and the location information is a UHF wireless low energy location data; a processor, the processor configured to:
retrieve the UHF wireless low energy location data from the UHF wireless low energy location beacon;process the UHF wireless low energy location data; andobtain a location of the device.