Beacon: Using Your Desk Phone For Geo-Localization In The Enterprise - Alcatel-Lucent 8078s User Manual

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Beacon: using your desk phone for geo-localization in the enterprise

This feature is supported by the
following desk phones
Your desk phone can behave as a beacon, by periodically emitting data, using BTLE (Bluetooth Low
Energy) technology.
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.
The 8078s and 8068s Premium DeskPhones have a built-in beacon (8078s BT, 8068s BT, 8078s,
8068s).
For the other phones, you can use a specific dongle (Dongle USB OmniAccess Stellar BLE, Same
dongle used for: OmniAccess Stellar Access Points; See chapter: 11.1 List of accessories). The dongle
can be plugged into the phone to have a full range BTLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) feature for localization.
No configuration is required- Just plug the dongle into the USB-a connector.
Your administrator can enable or disable the built-in 8078s, 8068s Bluetooth® DeskPhone beacon (see:
7 Contacting your administrator).
If you are using a Bluetooth® handset or headset, the beacon integrated into the 8078s, 8068s
Bluetooth® Premium DeskPhone will not emit data when you are in conversation until the call is ended.
The dongle can be connected to the 8078s, 8068s Bluetooth® Premium DeskPhone. In this case data
will be emitted even if you are in conversation.
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