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Virtual beacons

A virtual beacon, beacon technology, applied in wireless communication, location-based services, broadcast service distribution, etc., can solve problems such as theft, beacons are difficult to locate, battery replacement or repair, damage, etc.

Pending Publication Date: 2020-02-07
TELEFON AB LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
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For example, if a battery-operated beacon loses power and stops transmitting, the beacon may be difficult to locate for battery replacement or repair unless the beacon is still in the same location where it was once deployed
Other maintenance issues include configuration, damage and theft

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[0137] The embodiments set forth below represent information to enable one skilled in the art to practice the embodiments and illustrate the best mode of practicing the embodiments. Upon reading the following description in light of the accompanying drawing figures, those skilled in the art will understand the concepts of the disclosure and will recognize applications of these concepts not particularly addressed herein. It should be understood that these concepts and applications are within the scope of this disclosure and the appended claims.

[0138] The concept of virtual beacons is proposed, which enables multi-antenna systems, such as cellular radio systems, to emulate beacon signals at defined locations in customer sites. In one embodiment, signals are sent to the various devices such that the signals detected by those devices have signal properties similar to those that would be produced by actual beacons at those defined locations. In another embodiment, a signal is t...

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Methods and systems for providing virtual beacons are presented. According to one aspect, a method for providing a virtual beacon at a first location comprises transmitting, by a transmitter at a second location geographically different from the first location, an information signal using a transmit power level, Pj, and including an advertised transmit power level, PA, both selected to be indicative of a distance, d, between a location of a receiver of the information signal and the first location. The signal transmitted from the second location emulates a signal that would have been producedby a beacon located at the first location. The information signals may be aimed at one or more User Equipments (UEs), and / or may be focused on one or more specific target locations rather than on individual UEs.

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technical field [0001] The present disclosure relates to broadcast-only wireless communication devices ("beacons") and, more particularly, to the use of multiple antenna techniques to create "virtual" beacons. Background technique [0002] The Internet of Things (IoT) industry has made significant progress with the introduction of a class of broadcast-only wireless communication devices, referred to herein as "beacons," and they are sometimes Proximity" technologies such as the "iBeacon" protocol developed by Apple. Beacons are broadcast-only devices: they cannot receive data. Therefore, they are designed to allow for proximity detection, and to broadcast location-specific information. For example, beacons may be used to announce data, enable smartphones, or trigger user equipment (UE) or other mobile computing devices approaching or coming into the vicinity of a beacon to perform certain actions. [0003] regular beacon [0004] Many conventional beacons are Bluetooth ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04W4/80H04W4/06H04W4/021
CPCH04W4/02H04W4/06H04W4/80G01S5/02H04B17/10H04W4/33H04W4/029H04W4/021H04W4/023H04W8/005
Inventor R.史密斯P.阿尔维德森L.威尔赫尔姆森
Owner TELEFON AB LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
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