http://www.ronpub.com/publications/search.php?journal=ALL&author=Fabian+Schomm&exactauthor=on&title=&abstract=&volume=&issue=&year1=&year2=&searchtype=advanced This feed contains the result of an user-defined search in RonPub publications en-us https://www.ronpub.com/ojiot/OJIOT_2017v3i1n01_Vossen.html http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:101:1-201704245012 Beacons have received considerable attention in recent years, which is partially due to the fact that they serve as a flexible and versatile replacement for RFIDs in many applications. However, beacons are mostly considered from a purely technical perspective. This paper provides a conceptual view on application scenarios for beacons and introduces a novel framework for characterizing these. The framework consists of four dimensions: device movement, action trigger, purpose type, and connectivity requirements. Based on these, three archetypical scenarios are described. Finally, event-condition-action rules and online algorithms are used to formalize the backend of a beacon architecture.