Unique Radio Innovation for the 21st Century

Covering modern RFID systems, this book examines the challenges to RFID implementation using specific industrial research examples and common integration issues. It answers questions surrounding building scalable global Internet-based RFID networks.

1. RFID data management.- Database integration.- Speed issues in data movement.- Data stream management.- Efficient data storage and retrieval.- Managing uncertainty.- 2. Global RFID information architectures.- RFID middleware architecture.- RFID and sensor network integration architectures.- RFID data sharing architectures.- Integration with ERP, SCM and MRP.- SOA (Services oriented architecture).- Enterprise I.T. architecture and middleware touch points.- RFID network management.- COTS and Open Source RFID infrastructure.- Integration of RFID with other applications.- Security.- 3. Internet technologies and RFID:.- Web services and RFID.- RFID and semantic Web.- 4. RFID applications.- (Inventory Management, Asset Management, Retail, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare/Medicine/Biotech/Biology, Aerospace / Airlines / Airport and baggage management, Automotive, Shipbuilding, Entertainment/Media, Financial / Mobile Payments).- Business versus consumer applications.- Business process redesign and RFID.- Innovative RFID-enabled applications.- RFID case studies and field trials of RFID applications.- Commercial experience with RFID.- Security and access.- 5. Business Issues:.- ROI analysis at unit and enterprise levels.- Revenue models in RFID services.- Effect of RFID on process improvement for the enterprise.- Impact on the CIO/I.T. office.- Legal issues in RFID.