Method for interference avoidance
A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed an operation for avoiding interference between a plurality of communication protocols. The operation includes: configuring a host to detect a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) client device, the host being BLE enabled; using the host to detect whether the BLE client device is present; triggering a private beacon when the BLE client device is present; identifying active WiFi channels associated with the host and the BLE client device; configuring the host to communicate with a BLE client device via a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) connection, the BLE connection comprising a plurality of channels, the device functioning as a BLE-enabled host device; and, establishing an ad-hoc, mesh network between the host and the BLE client device using the active WiFi channels and the BLE connection.
1. A computer-implementable method for avoiding interference between a plurality of communication protocols, comprising:
configuring a host to detect a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) client device, the host being BLE enabled;
using the host to detect whether the BLE client device is present;
triggering a private beacon when the BLE client device is present, the private beacon being configured as an asset tracking beacon, the private beacon being triggered when a host beacon is lost;
identifying active WiFi channels associated with the host and the BLE client device;
configuring the host to communicate with a BLE client device via a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) connection, the BLE connection comprising a plurality of channels, the device functioning as a BLE-enabled host device; and,
establishing an ad-hoc, mesh network between the host and the BLE client device using the active WiFi channels and the BLE connection.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the plurality of channels include a plurality of channels used for BLE advertisement.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein:
the plurality of channels include a channel implemented to be used for BLE advertisement and data exchange between the BLE-enabled host device and the client BLE device during the BLE connection.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the client BLE device is allocated a plurality of advertisement channels by the BLE-enabled host device.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein:
the client BLE device receives an advertisement over a particular advertisement channel; and,
the plurality of advertisement channels are allocated using directed non-connectable advertisement packets over the particular advertisement channel.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the private beacon is encrypted and used for out of band private data exchange between the host and the client BLE device.
7. A system comprising:
a processor;
a data bus coupled to the processor; and
a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium being coupled to the data bus, the computer program code interacting with a plurality of computer operations and comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for:
configuring a host to detect a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) client device, the host being BLE enabled;
using the host to detect whether the BLE client device is present;
triggering a private beacon when the BLE client device is present, the private beacon being configured as an asset tracking beacon, the private beacon being triggered when a host beacon is lost;
identifying active WiFi channels associated with the host and the BLE client device;
configuring the host to communicate with a BLE client device via a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) connection, the BLE connection comprising a plurality of channels, the device functioning as a BLE-enabled host device; and,
establishing an ad-hoc, mesh network between the host and the BLE client device using the active WiFi channels and the BLE connection.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein:
the plurality of channels include a plurality of channels used for BLE advertisement.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein:
the plurality of channels include a channel implemented to be used for BLE advertisement and data exchange between the BLE-enabled host device and the client BLE device during the BLE connection.
10. The system of claim 7 , wherein:
the client BLE device is allocated a plurality of advertisement channels by the BLE-enabled host device.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein:
the client BLE device receives an advertisement over a particular advertisement channel; and,
the plurality of advertisement channels are allocated using directed non-connectable advertisement packets over the particular advertisement channel.
12. The system of claim 7 , wherein:
the private beacon is encrypted and used for out of band private data exchange between the host and the client BLE device.
13. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:
configuring a host to detect a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) client device, the host being BLE enabled;
using the host to detect whether the BLE client device is present;
triggering a private beacon when the BLE client device is present, the private beacon being configured as an asset tracking beacon, the private beacon being triggered when a host beacon is lost;
identifying active WiFi channels associated with the host and the BLE client device;
configuring the host to communicate with a BLE client device via a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) connection, the BLE connection comprising a plurality of channels, the device functioning as a BLE-enabled host device; and,
establishing an ad-hoc, mesh network between the host and the BLE client device using the active WiFi channels and the BLE connection.
14. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:
the plurality of channels include a plurality of channels used for BLE advertisement.
15. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein:
the plurality of channels include a channel implemented to be used for BLE advertisement and data exchange between the BLE-enabled host device and the client BLE device during the BLE connection.
16. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:
the client BLE device is allocated a plurality of advertisement channels by the BLE-enabled host device.
17. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein:
the client BLE device receives an advertisement over a particular advertisement channel; and,
the plurality of advertisement channels are allocated using directed non-connectable advertisement packets over the particular advertisement channel.
18. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:
the private beacon is encrypted and used for out of band private data exchange between the host and the client BLE device.
19. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:
the computer executable instructions are deployable to a client system from a server system at a remote location.
20. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:
the computer executable instructions are provided by a service provider to a user on an on-demand basis.