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ABSTRACT
In recent years, middleware has emerged as a relevant and effective software tool for the integration of RFID technology for the automation of traceability, and more generally for the optimization of business processes with digital technologies. This paper presents RFID middleware in three sections: Technical, Standards and Application. First, a functional and technical description (definition, roles, architecture, features, etc.) explains the services rendered by RFID middleware. The standard architecture is then detailed, from RFID tags to business software. Use standards ensure interoperability and sustainability of RFID systems in preparing future developments for the Internet of Things. In application, an implementation study method is explained with examples from logistics.
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Étienne Venot: Engineer, consultant, RFID expert - AD'MISSIONS membership
INTRODUCTION
In computing, middleware is a software gateway that models the exchange of information between heterogeneous computer applications. Computer networks provide the communication medium between systems and remote applications, while middleware provides the methods for formalizing exchanges. This can take the form of formatted message exchanges, calls to remote procedures, or access to the properties and methods of distributed objects.
In a traceability system, middleware uses these techniques to interface information capture tools and enterprise software. It manages Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) equipment, receives traceability events and transfers formatted data to the information system. As the term AIDC indicates, current digital technologies such as 1D (1-dimensional) or 2D (matrix code) barcodes enable automatic acquisition of traceability events for objects.
RFID, or Radio Frequency Identification, is a new automatic identification technology that uses radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation to identify tagged objects as they pass close to a reader (to understand how RFID systems and techniques work, see the Techniques de l'Ingénieur article [
Whatever the RFID project, it is necessary to use a specific software interface called RFID Middleware, which will interface RFID equipment with enterprise software. The first deployments, mainly in traceability projects, enabled us to get to grips with this technology without impacting the company's entire information system. Now, the full potential of RFID technology is naturally leading to its increasingly intensive use in traceability automation projects, and in all industrial projects involving digital technologies to improve business productivity. With this in mind, the ISO International Standardization Organization/Organisation internationale de normalisation and GS1 (ex Gencod) Global...
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applications | organization | features | standards | industries | Traceability | supply chain | radio frequency identification | middleware RFID
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Standards and norms
- Technologies de l'information - Identification par radiofréquence (RFID) pour la gestion d'objets - Partie 1 : Architecture de référence et définition des paramètres à normaliser - ISO/IEC 18000-1 -
- Technologies de l'information - Identification par radiofréquence (RFID) pour la gestion d'objets - Partie 2 : Paramètres de communications d'une interface d'air à moins de 135 kHz - ISO/IEC 18000-2 -
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