Further, it is to be understood that, while communications between an EN 14 and AP 16 are discussed herein in the context of the BLE protocol, it is contemplated that such communication may also be optionally achieved according to another wireless protocol, as appropriate. Also, it is to be understood that EN 14 and AP 16 are exemplary of first and second network nodes, respectively, which may be similarly configured as are EN 14 and AP 16 to carry out communications with respect to the BLE networking described herein and/or according to the other, appropriate wireless protocol discussed above.

In an exemplary case in which a respective EN 14 is mobile, the EN 14 is configured with a locator comprising an estimator implemented by all appropriate software and/or hardware for estimating proximity to a given AP 16 or RP 17, based on RSS, and is also configured with appropriate software and/or hardware for performing all operations associated with initiating and/or establishing a connection with an AP 16.