A SCADA oriented middleware for RFID technology

  • Authors:
  • Ismael Abad Cardiel;Ruben Heradio Gil;Carlos Cerrada Somolinos;Jose Cerrada Somolinos

  • Affiliations:
  • Dept. of Software Engineering and Computer Systems, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Juan del Rosal 16, E-28040 Madrid, Spain;Dept. of Software Engineering and Computer Systems, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Juan del Rosal 16, E-28040 Madrid, Spain;Dept. of Software Engineering and Computer Systems, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Juan del Rosal 16, E-28040 Madrid, Spain;Dept. of Software Engineering and Computer Systems, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Juan del Rosal 16, E-28040 Madrid, Spain

  • Venue:
  • Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) has emerged as the new technology paradigm for acquisition and information management. RFID can be used to improve significantly the efficiency of business processes by providing the capability of automatic identification and data capture. This technology introduces new challenges on data and process information management in current systems. RFID data are time-dependent and dynamically changing. In addition, data carry implicit semantics. The homogeneous data processing of such implicit semantics allows us to propose RFID middleware as a WHO-WHEN-WHERE data problem. This paper presents DEPCAS, a new middleware for RFID information based on the SCADA architecture for control systems. An application of DEPCAS is the resolution of heterogeneous situations, which solves the WHAT or context-aware to apply the auto identification data received from RFID systems in business applications.