ID-Services: An RFID Middleware Architecture for Mobile Applications

Joachim Schwieren, Gottfried Vossen

2008

Abstract

The use of RFID middleware to support application development for and integration of RFID hardware into information systems has become quite common in RFID applications where reader devices remain stationary, which currently represents the largest part of all RFID applications in use. Another field for applying RFID technology offering a huge set of novel possibilities and applications are mobile applications, where readers are no longer fixed. In order to address the specific issues of mobile RFID-enabled applications and to support developers in rapid application development, we present the architecture of an RFID middleware for mobile applications. The approach has been used to implement MoVIS (Mobile Visitor Information System), a mobile application which allows museum visitors to request individually adapted multi- media information about exhibits in an intuitive way.

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Schwieren J. and Vossen G. (2008). ID-Services: An RFID Middleware Architecture for Mobile Applications . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on RFID Technology - Concepts, Applications, Challenges - Volume 1: IWRT, (ICEIS 2008) ISBN 978-989-8111-46-3, pages 19-31. DOI: 10.5220/0001728500190031


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@conference{iwrt08,
author={Joachim Schwieren and Gottfried Vossen},
title={ID-Services: An RFID Middleware Architecture for Mobile Applications},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on RFID Technology - Concepts, Applications, Challenges - Volume 1: IWRT, (ICEIS 2008)},
year={2008},
pages={19-31},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001728500190031},
isbn={978-989-8111-46-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on RFID Technology - Concepts, Applications, Challenges - Volume 1: IWRT, (ICEIS 2008)
TI - ID-Services: An RFID Middleware Architecture for Mobile Applications
SN - 978-989-8111-46-3
AU - Schwieren J.
AU - Vossen G.
PY - 2008
SP - 19
EP - 31
DO - 10.5220/0001728500190031