Download or read book Enabling Traceability in Large scale RFID Networks written by Yanbo Wu and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emergence of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology brings significant social and economic benefits. As a non line of sight technology, RFID provides an effective way to record movements of objects within a networked system formed by a set of distributed and collaborating parties. A trail of such recorded movements is the foundation for enabling traceability applications. While traceability is a critical aspect of the majority of RFID applications, realizing traceability for these applications brings many fundamental research and development issues, including storage efficiency, query processing complexity, privacy etc. In this dissertation, we present a novel approach to realize RFIID-based traceability in large, autonomous and heterogeneous distributed networks. We first propose a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) architecture, namely PeerTrack. PeerTrack does not require any kind of centralized database for the RFID data or their index, neither it requires RFID data to be fully shared to partners. In PeerTrack, only a specific portion of data is requested by partners, when the access is necessary. We introduce a distributed model, namely MOODS (a Model for mOving Objects in Discrete Space), for the essential data structures of traceability. MOODS is maintained by a distributed index on the top of a structured Peer-to-Peer overlay. We then propose efficient algorithms for the maintenance of MOODS. The algorithms are optimized to consume statistically minimal cost of bandwidth. Based on this model, we propose algorithms for efficient item-level and statistical traceability query processing. We also propose a traceability mining model for distributed RFID streams, namely TISH (Tilted TIme Frame of Histogram). TISH takes advantages of two important data mining tools, namely Tilted Time Series and Histogram, and combines them to describe the patterns of RFID streams in the dimensions of both time and space, and capture the dynamicity of the patterns. We propose efficient algorithms to maintain TISH and algorithms that use it for traceability query processing and RFID stream mining. We present a platform, namely PeerTrack Cloud, to bring the aforementioned RFID data modeling and traceability query processing techniques to the Cloud Environments. The platform features specific traceability-oriented modules for real-time query processing and efficient data storage. The techniques proposed in this dissertation are implemented in "Asset Management System", which is a collaborative project with a local company. Finally, we conduct extensive performance studies of the proposed techniques. The experimental results reveal that our system i) is more scalable and outperforms the centralized approach when the data volume or the network becomes larger; ii) provides powerful programming interfaces for query processing; iii) is economy in both storage and bandwidth; and iv) can be easily adopted in cloud computing platforms.

Download or read book Networked RFID written by George Roussos and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-10-17 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the technologies and techniques of large-scale RFID-enabled mobile computing systems. The discussion is set in the context of specific system case studies where RFID has been the core enabling technology in retail, metropolitan transportation, logistics and e-passport applications. RFID technology fundamentals are covered including operating principles, core system components and performance trade-offs involved in the selection of specific RFID platforms.

Download or read book RFID and Sensor Network Automation in the Food Industry written by Selwyn Piramuthu and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-03-07 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a key technology in the food industry that facilitates real-time visibility of items as they move through the supply chain and on to the end-consumer. Among all the currently available automatic identification technologies, RFID has clear dominance in terms of its ability to support real-time two-way communication, data storage and update, authentication, ambient condition sense and report, batch read without direct line-of-sight, operation in harsh environments and sensor-based applications. RFID and Sensor Network Automation in the Food Industry provides sufficient detail on the use of RFID and sensor networks from `farm to fork (F2F) to allow the reader to appreciate the myriad possible applications of RFID and associated sensor network systems throughout the entire food supply chain. This includes precision agriculture, the provision of seamless visibility in track and trace applications, reduction of wastage, identification of counterfeits and contamination sources, remaining shelf-life applications for perishables, and quality and safety measures, among others. Providing state-of-the-art information from peer-reviewed research publications as well as general industry trends, this book will be of interest to all stakeholders in the agri-food supply chain, and academics and advanced students with an interest in these fields.

Download or read book Cyber Enabled Intelligence written by Huansheng Ning and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book provides an advanced vision and trends of computational intelligence in cyberspace and cyber-enabled spaces. It reviews architectures and models, as well as state-of-the-art computational and interpretation capabilities for social, industrial, and multimedia applications. Cyber-enabled intelligence involves the design and development of intelligent and innovative application scenarios in social networks, computer vision, multimedia, and image processing. Application scenarios can also cover the applicability of intelligent sensing, data collection and predictive analysis in Internet of Things.

Download or read book Enabling Ultra Large scale Radio Identification Systems written by Kasif Ali and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) is growing prominence as an automated identification technology able to turn everyday objects into an ad-hoc network of mobile nodes; which can track, trigger events and perform actions. Energy scavenging and backscattering techniques are the foundation of low-cost identification solutions for RFIDs. The performance of these two techniques, being wireless, significantly depends on the underlying communication architecture and affect the overall operation of RFID systems. Current RFID systems are based on a centralized master-slave architecture hindering the overall performance, scalability and usability. Several proposals have aimed at improving performance at the physical, medium access, and application layers. Although such proposals achieve significant performance gains in terms of reading range and reading rates, they require significant changes in both software and hardware architectures while bounded by inherited performance bottlenecks, i.e., master-slave architecture. Performance constraints need to be addressed in order to further facilitate RFID adoption; especially for ultra large scale applications such as Internet of Things. A natural approach is re-thinking the distributed communication architecture of RFID systems; wherein control and data tasks are decoupled from a central authority and dispersed amongst spatially distributed low-power wireless devices. The distributed architecture, by adjusting the tag's reflectivity coefficient creates micro interrogation zones which are interrogated in parallel. We investigate this promising direction in order to significantly increase the reading rates and reading range of RFID tags, and also to enhance overall system scalability. We address the problems of energy-efficient tag singulations, optimal power control schemes and load aware reader placement algorithms for RFID systems. We modify the conventional set cover approximation algorithm to determine the minimal number of RFID readers with minimal overlapping and balanced number of tags amongst them. We show, via extensive simulation analysis, that our approach has the potential to increase the performance of RFID technology and hence, to enable RFID systems for ultra large scale applications.

Download or read book Sustainable Radio Frequency Identification Solutions written by Cristina Turcu and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a fascinating, fast developing and multidisciplinary domain with emerging technologies and applications. It is characterized by a variety of research topics, analytical methods, models, protocols, design principles and processing software. With a relatively large range of applications, RFID enjoys extensive investor confidence and is poised for growth. A number of RFID applications proposed or already used in technical and scientific fields are described in this book. Sustainable Radio Frequency Identification Solutions comprises 19 chapters written by RFID experts from all over the world. In investigating RFID solutions experts reveal some of the real-life issues and challenges in implementing RFID.

Download or read book Sustainable Radio Frequency Identification Solutions written by Cristina Turcu and published by IntechOpen. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a fascinating, fast developing and multidisciplinary domain with emerging technologies and applications. It is characterized by a variety of research topics, analytical methods, models, protocols, design principles and processing software. With a relatively large range of applications, RFID enjoys extensive investor confidence and is poised for growth. A number of RFID applications proposed or already used in technical and scientific fields are described in this book. Sustainable Radio Frequency Identification Solutions comprises 19 chapters written by RFID experts from all over the world. In investigating RFID solutions experts reveal some of the real-life issues and challenges in implementing RFID.

Download or read book Unique Radio Innovation for the 21st Century written by Damith C. Ranasinghe and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-09-22 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you an engineer or a researcher developing RFID systems? Are you a manager considering deploying RFID-based applications? If so, this book is for you. Covering modern RFID systems, the challenges to RFID implementation are addressed using specific industrial research examples and common integration issues. The primary focus is on answering questions surrounding building scalable global Internet-based RFID networks. Key topics include RFID data management, RFID data processing and integration, Real-Time Locating Systems (RTLS) and sensors. The book considers the challenges of and solutions to building and exploiting global networks to guarantee one of the most important business drivers for modern RFID technology: traceability. The authors have drawn together RFID applications from the retail supply chain, asset and product lifecycle management, anti-counterfeiting and cold chain management to explore how global traceability networks can be created using RFID and sensor technologies. They present insights from world’s leading research laboratories.

Download or read book Rfid Enabled Life Cycle Traceability in Pharmaceutical Supply Chain written by Zhifeng Qin and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "RFID-enabled Life-cycle Traceability in Pharmaceutical Supply Chain" by Zhifeng, Qin, 秦志锋, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. DOI: 10.5353/th_b4697506 Subjects: Radio frequency identification systems Pharmaceutical industry - Materials management

Download or read book RFID Handbook written by Syed A. Ahson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 919 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tagging is now used by the department of defense and many of the world’s largest retailers including Wal-Mart. As RFID continues to infiltrate industries worldwide, organizations must harness a clear understanding of this technology in order to maximize its potential and protect against the potential risks it poses. The RFID Handbook provides an overview of RFID technology, its associated security and privacy risks, and recommended practices that will enable organizations to realize productivity improvements while also protecting sensitive information and the privacy of individuals. Expert contributors present a host of applications including RFID enabled automated receiving, triage with RFID for massive incidents, RFID and NFC in relation to mobile phones, and RFID technologies for communication robots and a privacy preserving video surveillance system. The unprecedented coverage also includes detailed descriptions of adaptive splitting protocols as well as tree-based and probabilistic anti-collision protocols. Drawing on its distinguished editors and world-renowned contributors, this one-of-a-kind handbook serves as the ultimate reference on RFID, from basic research concepts to future applications.

Download or read book RFID written by V. Daniel Hunt and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-04-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an introduction to RFID technology. It describes and addresses the following: How RFID works, how it is and can be used in current and future applications. The History of RFID technology, the current state of practice and where RFID is expected to be taken in the future. The role of middleware software to route data between the RFID network and the information technology systems within an organization. Commercial and government use of RFID technology with an emphasis on a wide range of applications including retail and consumer packaging, transportation and distribution of products, industrial and manufacturing operations, security and access control. Industry standards and the regulatory compliance environment and finally, the privacy issues faced by the public and industry regarding the deployment of RFID technology.

Download or read book Web Information Systems Engineering WISE 2012 written by X. Sean Wang and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-11-07 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering, WISE 2012, held in Paphos, Cyprus, in November 2012. The 44 full papers, 13 short papers, 9 demonstrations papers and 9 “challenge” papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 194 submissions. The papers cover various topics in the field of Web Information Systems Engineering.

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Download or read book RFID technology introduction and impacts on supply chain management systems written by Roman Christian Rochel and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2005-11-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject Business economics - Supply, Production, Logistics, grade: 1,3, European Business School - International University Schloß Reichartshausen Oestrich-Winkel (Suppply Management Institute), course: Seminar of Logistics and Business Engineering, language: English, abstract: Today’s businesses face a dynamic and competitive environment which results in an ever increasing pressure on them to innovate, reinvent processes, and leverage the potential of supply chain partnerships. Current supply chain trends, as mentioned by McFarlane and Sheffi, include globalization, outsourcing, stock keeping unit (SKU) proliferation, and shorter product lifecycles.1 To enable these trends and to master the inherent challenges, companies must at all times have information and visibility about shipments, products and progress. Yet, this strongly needed information and visibility is not limited to the internal company supply chain but rather along the entire supply chain from the original supplier to the end customer. Thus, external supply chain integration on the basis of fine granularity of data has to be one of the primary objectives in today’s supply chain management efforts. One of the emerging technologies offering a solution for this aim is Radiofrequency Identification (RFID). RFID can facilitate automating and streamlining identification processes. This means more checkpoints along the supply chain can be established at decreased costs. However, not limited to that purpose, the technology offers additional benefits which make it superior to the automatic identification (Auto-ID) technology of the barcode currently in widespread use. Nonetheless, RFID is only a data-collection technology which must be integrated with the supply chain management systems of the companies. Furthermore, along the supply chain various information systems must be integrated in order to give a meaning to the data and to allow for information exchange. Although RFID technology has originally been developed decades ago, the industrial use of RFID in large scale supply chain operations has until now been prohibited due to the relatively high costs compared to other Auto-ID solutions. Recent mandates of large retail companies, such as WalMart and Metro Group, force suppliers in the position where they have to implement the technology without proper knowledge about it. Additionally, there are still several technical as well as rather political barriers to be solved. This seminar paper deals with RFID technology introduction and impacts on supply chain management systems in order to give an insight into the current issues and status of the technology.

Download or read book Handbook of Industry 4 0 and SMART Systems written by Diego Galar Pascual and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Industry 4.0 refers to fourth generation of industrial activity characterized by smart systems and internet-based solutions. This book describes the fourth revolution based on instrumented, interconnected and intelligent assets. The different book chapters provide a perspective on technologies and methodologies developed and deployed leading to this concept. With an aim to increase performance, productivity and flexibility, major application area of maintenance through smart system has been discussed in detail. Applicability of 4.0 in transportation, energy and infrastructure is explored, with effects on technology, organisation and operations from a systems perspective.

Download or read book Handbook of Research on Blockchain Technology and the Digitalization of the Supply Chain written by Najar, Tharwa and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2023-06-06 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blockchain is a recent technology that is promising to revolutionize the way supply chains are designed and operated. Regarding its role in securing exchanges of data, this technology has remarkably changed the manner of governing the structure of the supply chain relationships and the way that transactions are made. Blockchain technology is likely to influence future supply chain practices by performing electronic integration, supporting partners’ connections, and offering real-time information flows. Thus, blockchain technologies are gaining interest among both academicians and professionals. This interest concerns the conceptual level and also the practical and concrete levels of the implementation of blockchain technology in supply chains. The Handbook of Research on Blockchain Technology and the Digitalization of the Supply Chain presents blockchain’s basic concepts and pertinent methods that contributed to meeting key supply chain management objectives. It determines the current trends and challenges in the use of blockchain to enhance supply chain management. Covering topics such as communication systems, documentation systems, and supply chain evolution, this major reference work is an excellent resource for business leaders and managers, logistics professionals, IT managers, students and educators of higher education, librarians, researchers, and academicians.

Download or read book Next Generation Wireless Technologies written by Naveen Chilamkurti and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-05-23 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive text/reference examines the various challenges to secure, efficient and cost-effective next-generation wireless networking. Topics and features: presents the latest advances, standards and technical challenges in a broad range of emerging wireless technologies; discusses cooperative and mesh networks, delay tolerant networks, and other next-generation networks such as LTE; examines real-world applications of vehicular communications, broadband wireless technologies, RFID technology, and energy-efficient wireless communications; introduces developments towards the ‘Internet of Things’ from both a communications and a service perspective; discusses the machine-to-machine communication model, important applications of wireless technologies in healthcare, and security issues in state-of-the-art networks.