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Building Bluetooth Low Energy Systems

You're reading from   Building Bluetooth Low Energy Systems Take your first steps in IoT

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786461087
Length 242 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Muhammad Usama bin Aftab Muhammad Usama bin Aftab
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Preface 1. BLE and the Internet of Things FREE CHAPTER 2. BLE Hardware, Software, and Debugging Tools 3. Building a BLE Central and Peripheral Communication System 4. Bluetooth Low Energy Beacons 5. BLE Indoor Navigation Using Estimote Beacons 6. Bluetooth Mesh Technology 7. Implementing a Bluetooth Gateway Using the Raspberry Pi 3 8. The Future of Bluetooth Low Energy

Beacon protocols

Just like any other technology, Bluetooth Low Energy Beacons work with a protocol set. It is like a profile that tells how a beacon is broadcasting information. This information is then handled by a device (typically a cell phone) with the same protocol. Both ends should know the definition of the broadcast data if they want a successful transmission. This is why the broadcast data type is defined by the type of protocol the beacon is using. In some cases, it broadcasts a UUID-based URI, while in other cases, it broadcast URLs or telemetry packets.

The protocol gives a definition to the data broadcast. 

The broadcast data type is defined by the type of protocol the beacon is using. In some cases, it broadcasts a UUID-based URI, while in other cases, it broadcast URLs or telemetry packets. In this section, we will discuss two widely used beacon protocols: Eddystone by Google and iBeacon...

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