RFID middleware systems: A comparative analysis

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. © 2011 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.