Definition of "beaconing" [beaconing]

• Present participle of beacon. (The emitting of signals from a beacon). (verb)
• Gerund of beacon (noun)

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• "Aruba and AeroScout leverage a tag beaconing method that helps reduce network traffic and conserve tag battery life."
• "The wireless indicator LED on the laptop is 'beaconing' blinking once every 3 seconds."
• "On-ground investigations at Dharamshala, where the Tibetan exile community is headquartered, showed that computers were beaconing with server ‘jdusnemsaz’ in Chongqing in China."