Blecon Network

The fabric for tracking

Blecon Network manages Agents, authenticates Tags, calculates positions in real time and routes data through to the Blecon Track platform.

Blecon Network architecture; the platform layer between Tags, Hotspots and Blecon Track

What Blecon Network does

Blecon Network is the infrastructure layer behind asset tracking deployments. It authenticates Tags, manages Agents and Hotspots, synthesises and calculates position from the signals they report, synchronises time across the system and routes the results to Blecon Track.

For a system-wide view of how Tags, Agents, Hotspots, Network and Track fit together, see how it works.

Network Location Engine

Agents and Hotspots report the Tag signals they observe, allowing the Network to synthesise and calculate locations from those reports. The same architecture handles indoor and outdoor coverage, without GPS or line-of-sight requirements.

Positioning logic lives centrally, so improvements ship without firmware updates at the edge. Time is synchronised across the system, so reports from different Hotspots reconcile against a single reference. That includes the offline records uploaded by logging Tags on return, which slot into the same timeline as live data.

Bluetooth positioning architecture: Tags broadcasting signals, Hotspots observing, the Blecon Network calculating position centrally

Verifiable identity and data security built-in

Most BLE tracking systems just trust the Tags and push security to the gateway: keys to manage, firmware to patch, access to control at every installation. Blecon handles identity, authentication and encryption centrally, with nothing security-critical in the gateway.

Cryptographic identity for every device

Every Tag carries a cryptographically signed identity, managed centrally by the Network. Devices are authenticated before any data is accepted. Onboarding and decommissioning happen in one place, across every site.

End-to-end encryption between Tag and Track

Data is encrypted from the Tag to the cloud. Agents and Hotspots handle the encrypted payloads but can't decrypt or modify them. A compromised Hotspot leaks nothing.

Encrypted advertising

Blecon's NeoBeacon format uses AES-128 authenticated encryption and replay protection on every BLE frame. Device credentials rotate, so signals can't be spoofed or replayed.

Zero security configuration at the edge

Because security sits between the device and the cloud, there's nothing to configure, patch or protect on the Hotspots. No keys to manage, no certificates to rotate, no security firmware to keep current.

Feeding tracking data where it needs to go

Network events are fed to Blecon Track to capture tracking data and history, and to drive its operational layer (zones, rules, alerts).

Data and exception events can be routed to WMS, TMS or incident tools from there. Blecon Track provides integrations and APIs to build data feeds in to other existing and custom systems and automations.

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Blecon Network feeding tracking data to Blecon Track

Blecon is designed for Builders

Blecon provides secure Hotspot and Network infrastructure services, supporting development with off-the-shelf or custom & embedded Beacons while giving you full control over where your data lands.

Blecon integrates effortlessly with any cloud service. Whether it’s a dedicated data platform, your backend on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or any other infrastructure you choose, you remain in full control of your data, infrastructure, and business logic.

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