Projects:RF2ID

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Contents 1 RF2ID: Reliable Framework for Radio Frequency Identification 2 About the Project 3 Testbed 4 RF2ID Group Members and Contact 4.1 Current Members 4.2 SAIC Scholars 4.3 Previous Members 5 Publications 6 Presentation and Poster

RF²ID: Reliable Framework for Radio Frequency Identification

About the Project

It is a middleware system for RFID devices. Current RFID based middleware faces several challenges that require a scalable solution to handle the very large volume of data generated by RFID devices. The inherent unreliable nature of the RFID devices complicates the problem more. The focus of our work is to provide a scalable solution that handles the unreliability at middleware level.

RF²ID provides a path based abstraction where a path in the system reflects the internal data flow in the system. A system that considers the natural flow of information is the intuitive way to provide better reliability and performance. The recent work includes proper resource management using load shedding mechanism using the notion of path in the system. Some simulation and experiment results are presented in the publications and presentations section.

Testbed

We have a real testbed to evaluate our middleware system. The testbed uses toy trains carrying RFID tags and the RFID readers are placed at different locations. It mimicsa supply chain scenario where the tagged items flow on a conveyor belt and gets detected by RFID readers on different places. The current testbed contains two Alien 9800 readers with eight antennas, we have more than 500 passive (2x2) tags for evaluation purpose.

RF²ID Group Members and Contact

Current Members

Dr. Umakishore Ramachandran (rama at cc dot gatech dot edu)

Dr. Rajnish Kumar (rajnish at cc dot gatech dot edu)

Nova Ahmed (nova at cc dot gatech dot edu)

Vladimir Urazov (vurazov at cc dot gatech dot edu)

SAIC Scholars

Michael Slaughter (mslaughter3 at gatech dot edu)

Previous Members

Rocky Dunlop (rocky at cc dot gatech dot edu)

Paolo Mentonelli (gte448u at mail dot gatech dot edu)

Jahmeilah Richardson (jam at gatech dot edu)

Robert Steven French (gtg281z at mail dot gatech dot edu)

Echezona Ukah (echezona at gmail dot com )

Publications

Nova Ahmed, Rajnish Kumar, Robert Steven French, Umakishore Ramachandran, “RF²ID: A Reliable Middleware Framework for RFID Deployment”,IPDPS, 2007ReliableMIddlewareRFID.pdf

Nova Ahmed, Rocky Dunlop, “RF2ID: Reliable Framework for Radio Frequency Identification”, Project report, 2005. RF2ID.pdf

Presentation and Poster

CERCS Seminar Presentation poster.ppt

Poster Presentation Presentation.ppt