Integrating RFID with IP Host Identities

Abstract

The “Internet of Things” semantically means ‘‘a world-wide network of interconnected ob‐ jects uniquely addressable, based on standard communication protocols” [1]. The vision de‐ scribes a world that enables physical objects to act as nodes in a networked physical world [2]. The terms ‘‘Internet of Things” can be attributed to The Auto-ID Labs, a world-wide net‐ work of academic research laboratories in the field of networked RFID and emerging sens‐ ing technologies [2]. Together with EPCglobal®, these institutions have been architecting the Internet of Thing since their establishment. Their focus has primarily been on the develop‐ ment of the Electronic Product CodeTM (EPC) to support the wide-spread use of RFID in modern, global trading networks, and to create an industry-driven set of global standards for the EPCglobal Network.