BEACON: AN APPLICATION OF IOT

Beacon is viewed as an indoor tracking system. It is an excellent way to monitor objects or people in a specific area. This can be accomplished by attaching a tag to an asset present in a particular area. Then by scattering Bluetooth signal, RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) measures the strength of the scattered signal thereby resulting in position acquisition. With IOT flourishing, many researchers expect more than 20 billion connected devices by 2020. Also with the introduction of 5G (Fifth generation) a request for data can be achieved in less than 1 millisecond which is four hundred times faster than the time taken for our eyes to blink. With all these inventions coming into fray beacon enabled smart cities isn't a dream.