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Stephen StatlerBeacon Technologies10.1007/978-1-4842-1889-1_1919. Augmenting Beacons with Cellular Network Technologies
Stephen Statler1Â
(1)San Diego, California, USA
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Mario Proietti, Founder and CEO, LocationSmart
Some Limitations of Beacons
Some of the key attributes that make beacons powerful in identifying that a target userâs device is present at a specific location also lead to some limitations. Some of these attributes and limitations include
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Short range (a target user must be in close proximity to a beacon to be detected)
Deployment is venue-by-venue (proliferation will take time)
Disparity of solutions across ...