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3.2 Beacon: using your desk phone for geo-localization in the enterprise
Your desk phone can behave as a beacon, by periodically emitting data, using BTLE (Bluetooth® Low
Energy) technology (it has a built-in beacon).
A beacon is a small Bluetooth® radio transmitter. it repeatedly transmits a single signal that other
devices can use. A Bluetooth®-equipped device like a DECT or a smartphone, can detect a beacon once
it's in range.
There are many applications for localization with beacon. For example, isolated worker protection is
becoming more and more a concern for companies. But an infrastructure is necessary to locate device
used by the worker inside the enterprise, and can be expensive. Therefore, the enterprise can use each
desk phone in the site to create an infrastructure of beacons.
This feature is available if it is equipped with the Wireless module cartridge (ALE-108 Wireless Module).
Your administrator can enable or disable beacon feature (see: Contacting your administrator).
