1. iBeacon
Many communication technologies are well known such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee
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2. Agenda What’s iBeacon? What is Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)?
How does BLE communication work?
How does iBeacon use BLE communication?
Why is iBeacon a Big Deal? 

3. iBeacon A brand name created by Apple
Allow iPhone to recognise when it near small device call Beacon
It’s consists of two parts : a broadcaster (beacon device) and receiver (mobile)

4. Bluetooth Low Energy Use to transmit data for short distance
Design for low energy consumption and cost

5. How does BLE communication work?
Communication consist of Advertisements or small packets data
Broadcast at regular interval by Beacon or other BLE

6. How does iBeacon use BLE communication?
Apple has standardized the format for BLE packet consists of four main pieces of information
UUID (16byte) used to identify group of beacon
Major (2byte) distinguish a smaller subset of beacons
Minor (2byte) identify individual beacons
Tx Power determine the proximity from beacons

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