{"id":8330,"date":"2023-02-21T10:48:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T10:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8330"},"modified":"2023-02-21T10:48:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T10:48:45","slug":"the-ibeacon-protocol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/the-ibeacon-protocol\/","title":{"rendered":"The iBeacon Protocol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>iBeacon is a protocol developed by Apple that uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to transmit a signal that can be picked up by nearby devices, such as smartphones. The iBeacon protocol format is based on the standard BLE advertising packet, which is a small amount of data that is broadcast at regular intervals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The iBeacon protocol format includes the following components:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Proximity UUID: This is a unique identifier that is used to identify a group of beacons. It is typically a 128-bit value.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Major and Minor: This is a 16-bit value that is used to identify a specific beacon within a group of beacons.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Measured Power: This is a value that is used to indicate the expected signal strength of the beacon at a distance of one meter. This value is used to estimate the distance between the device and the beacon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, the Proximity UUID, Major, and Minor values make up a unique identifier for each beacon, which can be used to determine the beacon&#8217;s location or trigger an action on a nearby device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that the iBeacon protocol is one of the many implementations of BLE beacons, and other protocols and vendors have different formats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/beacon-advertising-cheat-sheet\/\">Beacon Advertising Cheat Sheet<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iBeacon is a protocol developed by Apple that uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to transmit a signal that can be picked up by nearby devices, such as smartphones. The iBeacon protocol format is based on the standard BLE advertising packet, which is a small amount of data that is broadcast at regular intervals. The iBeacon &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/the-ibeacon-protocol\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The iBeacon Protocol&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8330"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8330"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8351,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8330\/revisions\/8351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}