LOCATOR BEACON AND RADAR APPLICATION FOR MOBILE DEVICE
A method of transmission and locator beacon including: (a) a wireless communication component disposed on a substrate, the wireless communication component configured to transmit and receive radio frequency signals; and (b) a plurality of directional antennae disposed on the substrate and electrically coupled to the wireless communication component, the wireless communication component configured to transmit a unique MAC address for each of the plurality of directional antenna, each unique MAC address respectively identifying each directional antenna as a separate physical network entity.
1 . A locator beacon comprising:
(a) a wireless communication component disposed on a substrate, said wireless communication component configured to transmit and receive radio frequency signals; and
(b) a plurality of directional antennae disposed on said substrate and electrically coupled to said wireless communication component, said wireless communication component configured to transmit a unique MAC address for each of said plurality of directional antenna, each said unique MAC address respectively identifying each said directional antenna as a separate physical network entity.
2 . The locator beacon of claim 1 , wherein said wireless communication component, in an advertising mode, transmits a signal via only one directional antenna of said plurality of directional antennae, per transmission.
3 . The locator beacon of claim 2 , wherein said signal includes a respective said unique MAC address, of said only one directional antenna.
4 . The locator beacon of claim 2 , wherein each said transmission is transmitted over channels selected from the group including: only non-connectable channels; only connectable channels and a combination of connectable and non-connectable channels.
5 . The locator beacon of claim 2 , wherein each said transmission is transmitted over a bandwidth of between 2.400 GHz to 2.485 GHz.
6 . The locator beacon of claim 1 , wherein said plurality of directional antennae includes four cardinally located said directional antennae.
7 . A method, comprising the steps of:
(a) broadcasting a first transmission including a first MAC address of a first directional antenna, said first transmission broadcast over said first directional antenna; and
(b) broadcasting a second transmission including a second MAC address of a second directional antenna, said second transmission broadcast over said second antenna.
8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising the step of:
(c) broadcasting at least one additional transmission including at least one additional MAC address of at least one additional directional antenna, said at least one additional transmission broadcast over a respective said additional directional antenna.
9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein said first transmission and said second transmission are respectively broadcast over channels selected from the group including: only non-connectable channels; only connectable channels and a combination of connectable and non-connectable channels.