Dynamic beacon discovery

Abstract

A system that improves beacon discovery by enabling a device to determine a dynamic threshold and connect to a gateway that satisfies the dynamic threshold. For example, the device may iteratively scan through available channels for a first duration of time, detecting beacon signals and storing corresponding signal strengths, then calculate a dynamic threshold value using the stored information. In some examples, the dynamic threshold value is calculated using a sum and counter implementation, with the counter incrementing with each beacon signal detected and a summing component adding the signal strength. Additionally or alternatively, the device may switch between performing first beacon discovery using a static threshold and performing second beacon discovery using a dynamic threshold. For example, the device may perform the first beacon discovery when movement of the device exceeds a threshold, while performing the second beacon discovery when movement of the device is below the threshold.