Abstract
In recent years, there is a widespread adoption of RFID technology in several key application domains. Deployment of RFID technology in large-scale applications is attractive due to its low cost; however RFID technology, especially the one that uses passive tags, is error prone in nature. Large-scale deployment of RFID technology requires efficient middleware solution that is able to handle the large amount of data, process the data in a timely fashion and deliver the required information to the applications. We discuss the state of the art in RFID middleware, and present the opportunities and challenges of the RFID technology.
Keywords
- Virtual Path
- Complex Event Processing
- Event Processor
- Resource Management Technique
- Dynamic Resource Management
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Ahmed, N., Ramachandran, U. (2011). RFID Middleware Systems: A Comparative Analysis. In: Ranasinghe, D., Sheng, Q., Zeadally, S. (eds) Unique Radio Innovation for the 21st Century. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03462-6_12
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