Let us now explore the 3 key components of this iBeacon service and how to implement these core features using Couchbase Mobile technologies. Combining Couchbase Mobile technologies, Ed Arenberg and the EPage team is developing a service that makes heavy use of iBeacon and utilizes Couchbase Lite for local storage while synchronizing data among numberous devices by using Couchbase Sync Gateway. provides library functionalities for working with iBeacons and while there are 3 rd party libraries for other platforms, the blog here will be focused on iOS. For discussion, the four parameters of interest when creating beacon applications from solutions like Estimote or from Gimbal are the UUID String, a major 16-bit number, a minor 16-bit number, and a signal strength value. The iBeacon is simply a broadcast service that sends out a few pre-configured pieces of information and can run in parallel with other Bluetooth services.

While Bluetooth enabled devices can identify themselves, the process is generally 1 to 1 with a host pairing with a device, such as a smart phone pairing with a Bluetooth headset. introduced a technology called iBeacon that runs on top of Bluetooth 4.0 protocol which is also known as Bluetooth Low Energy or BLE.

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