Title :
Using the RFID technology to create a low-cost communication channel for data exchange
Author :
Farris, Ivan ; Iera, Antonio ; Spinella, Silverio Carlo
Author_Institution :
A.R.T.S. Lab., Univ. of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy
Abstract :
This paper proposes a methodology to use the RFID technology (more specifically the RFID tags) as a novel “communication channel”, to support data exchanges in high pervasive environments, analogously to more traditional short-range communication technologies (WiFi, ZigBee, Bluetooth). To this aim, the further research issue of creating so called RANs (RFID-Area Networks - in analogy with LANs, Local Area Networks, PANs, Personal Area Networks, etc.) is addressed. These are made up of groups of RFID readers into which the functionality for exchanging data over the introduced “RFID virtual channel” within the generic RAN, in either a broadcast or a unicast modality, is embedded. From initial studies on its functional behavior, it emerges that the proposed method may actually allow to exploit a further (currently largely wasted although available “at no cost”) channel in future scenarios populated by tagged everyday-life objects.
Keywords :
electronic data interchange; radiofrequency identification; telecommunication computing; ubiquitous computing; Bluetooth; LAN; PAN; RAN; RFID area networks; RFID readers; RFID tags; RFID technology; WiFi; ZigBee; data exchange; high pervasive environments; local area networks; low-cost communication channel; personal area networks; Communication channels; Mobile communication; RFID tags; Radio access networks; Standards; Communication Channel; IoT; Pervasive; RFID; RFID Area Network;
Conference_Titel :
ITU Kaleidoscope: Building Sustainable Communities (K-2013), 2013 Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4676-4