Method for operating multi-type beacons

A method for receiving multi-type beacons by at least one second terminal connected with a first terminal through short-range communication, the method comprising the steps of:

• transmitting, from the at least one second terminal, to the first terminal, beacon allocation requiring information required for allocating a beacon type,
• wherein the beacon allocation requiring information comprises at least one variable related to the at least one second terminal, and
• the at least one variable comprises at least one of a channel condition of a communication link connected with the at least one second terminal, a traffic period of the communication link connected with the at least one second terminal, and a security level of transmission and reception data, wherein each of the at least one variable comprises a priority;
• and
• receiving a beacon, at the at least one second terminal, from the first terminal, wherein the beacon has a beacon type that is selected from a plurality of predetermined beacon types based on the priority of each of the at least one variable.

An apparatus for operating multi-type beacons, the apparatus comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory and configured to receive beacon allocation requiring information required for allocating a beacon type, select beacon type each for the at least one second terminal from a plurality of predetermined beacon types based on a plurality of variables in the beacon allocation requiring information,
• wherein the plurality of variables comprises a channel condition of a communication link connected with a terminal, a traffic period of the communication link connected with the terminal, and a security level of transmission and reception data, wherein each of the plurality of variables comprises a priority,
• allocate a beacon to the terminal based on the priority of each of the plurality of variables, wherein the beacon has the beacon type, and transmit the beacon allocated to the terminal.

An apparatus for receiving multi-type beacons, the apparatus comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor configured to transmit, to a terminal, beacon allocation requiring information required for allocating a beacon type,
• wherein the beacon allocation requiring information comprises a plurality of variables related to the apparatus, and
• the plurality of variables comprises a channel condition of a communication link connected with the terminal, a traffic period of the communication link connected with the terminal, and a security level of transmission and reception data, wherein each of the plurality of variables comprises a priority, and receive a beacon, from the terminal, wherein the beacon has a beacon type that is selected from a plurality of predetermined beacon types based on the priority of each of the plurality of variables.

A system for operating multi-type beacons, the system comprising:

• a first terminal configured to transmit beacon allocation requiring information required for allocating a beacon type,
• wherein the beacon allocation requiring information comprises a plurality of variables related to the first terminal, and
• the plurality of variables comprises a channel condition of a communication link connected with a second terminal, a traffic period of the communication link connected with the second terminal, and a security level of transmission and reception data, and receive a beacon, wherein each of the plurality of variables comprises a priority;
• and
• the second terminal configured to receive the beacon allocation requiring information, select a beacon type for each of the at least one second terminal from a plurality of predetermined beacon types based on the priority of each of the plurality of variables in the beacon allocation requiring information, allocate the beacon to the first terminal, wherein the beacon has the beacon type, and transmit the beacon allocated to the first terminal.