Maria Varsamou and Theodore Antonakopoulos:

A Bluetooth Smart Analyzer in iBeacon Networks

The 4th IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (IEEE 2014 ICCE-Berlin), Berlin, September 7-10, 2014.

Abstract: Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is a newly emerged technology targeting low-power, low-cost wireless communications within medium or short range. BLE has extended the already wide acceptance of Bluetooth and is an ideal choice for a variety of sensor-based products, as well as ubiquitous mobile devices. Recently, it has been proposed that indoor positioning can be achieved when scattering BLE sensor devices, called iBeacons, in various locations of a particular venue. In this work, we present an Android-based application for analyzing iBeacon networks and determining the best signal map. We also demonstrate the application of the presented analyzer for measuring the radiation pattern of iBeacon devices.

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