Wireless Beacon Terminal Remote Configuration via Signal Strength
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for changing the settings of beacon terminals, such as those used in stations or airports, are inefficient and cumbersome, especially when the terminals are installed in hard-to-reach locations, requiring manual connection and network access, which can be time-consuming and impractical for large numbers of devices.
Innovation Solution
A wireless communication device with a processor and memory that acquires data from beacon terminals, identifies matching identification information, and transmits setting content to the beacon terminals for changing their settings when the signal strength meets a threshold, allowing for remote and automated setting updates.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual connection method is used to change beacon terminal settings, then setting can be changed reliably, but operation becomes time-consuming and impractical for large numbers of devices
Solution Approach 1:
The beacon terminal automatically receives and applies setting updates from the wireless communication device without requiring manual connection or user intervention. The terminal autonomously processes the setting data, identifies its own configuration parameters, and applies changes based on its identification information, enabling self-service configuration that eliminates time-consuming manual operations while maintaining reliability through automated verification
Solution Approach 2:
The wireless communication device is designed to universally configure multiple beacon terminals simultaneously using a single device. It can identify and communicate with different terminals based on their identification information, allowing one device to perform the function of multiple manual configuration operations across various locations and terminal types
2Ease of operation
If network access method is used to update beacon terminal data, then setting can be changed remotely, but method becomes ineffective when terminal cannot perform network access
Solution Approach 1:
The wireless communication device acts as an intermediary between the operator and the beacon terminal, enabling direct wireless communication without requiring network infrastructure. It receives setting data from the operator and directly transmits it to the target beacon terminal using wireless protocols, serving as a mediating device that works independently of network access conditions
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the communication parameter from network-based data transmission to direct wireless communication. By modifying the transmission medium and protocol parameters, the system enables setting updates in environments where network access is unavailable, adapting to different operational conditions through parameter adjustment
3Adaptability or versatility
If beacon terminal settings are changed frequently to adapt to service changes, then service adaptability is improved, but operation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system prepares setting data in advance in a structured format with clear identification information and configuration parameters. Before actual configuration changes, the wireless communication device validates the setting data and ensures proper formatting, performing preliminary actions that simplify the subsequent configuration process and reduce operational complexity during frequent service changes
Data Source
AI summary
A wireless communication device including: a memory that stores a setting content of a beacon terminal to be rewritten, identification information of the beacon terminal, and a flag indicating whether the setting of the beacon terminal has been already rewritten, the setting content, the identification information and the flag being associated with each other; and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to: acquire data broadcasted from the beacon terminal; and transmit the setting content to the beacon terminal, and cause the beacon terminal to change the setting when identification information of the beacon terminal included in the data acquired from the beacon terminal is identical with the identification information stored into the memory, changing the setting of the beacon terminal is not completed and a strength of a received signal from the beacon terminal is equal to or more than a threshold value.