Integrating RFID Readers in Enterprise IT
Christian Floerkemeier, Sanjay Emani Sarma · 2010
This chapter presents a taxonomy of the corresponding system services and system architectures. It discusses how the system architectures relate to emerging standards and how these standards could possibly be enhanced to support future RFID deployments. The chapter aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of common industry practices and thus facilitate the deployment of RFID systems. RFID technology is increasingly often used to identify and locate objects. The chapter categorizes the services that typically comprise an RFID system into base, configuration, monitoring and data processing services. It also discusses “high-level” reader protocols such as EPCglobal RP and ALE that abstract from the underlying air interface protocol and RF details. This “high-level” reader protocol shields the application developer from low-level details of RFID and provides a convenient starting point for the development of application logic.