RFID Middleware Proposal

Paper Summary:

This paper is a proposal for an evaluation on the feasibility of developing radio frequency identification (RFID) middleware that can support a wide variety of Web Services specifically developed for use on mobile computing devices, delivering relevant content, guidance, and opt-in advertising on a location-contextual basis. The paper defines mobile computing in this context and and introduces the concept of cyber-foraging. The paper also describes RFID and middleware and how they function. In addition, the paper reviews research that has been covered on this subject and describes the approach used in the evaluation.

Outline:
Introduction
Problem Statement and Goal
Relevance, Significance, and Brief Overview of Literature
Approach

From the Paper:

"Foundational to the proposal of an RFID middleware platform is the definition of mobile computing in this context, an introduction to the concept of cyber-foraging, a brief description of what middleware is and how it functions, and a brief description of RFID. In the context of this proposal, mobile computing is defined as those class of devices that have the ability to connect with, query, upload, publish, and refer interactively with the Internet. These include cellular telephones, convergence web/phone devices, PDAs, and laptop computers."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Alan Johnson (2007, December). RFID middleware - the missing link. Manufacturers' Monthly,28. Retrieved January 24, 2008, from ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry database. (Document ID: 1397476781).
• Abdulbaset Gaddah, Thomas Kunz (2003). A survey of middleware paradigms for mobile computing. Carleton University Systems and Computing Engineering, Technical Report SCE-03-16, July 2003.
• Blair, G. S., Coulson, G., & Grace, P. (2004). Research directions in reflective middleware: the Lancaster experience, Proceedings of the 3rd workshop on Adaptive and reflective middleware (pp. 262-267). Toronto, Ontario, Canada: ACM Press.
• C. Floerkemeier and M. Lampe, 2004. Issues with RFID Usage in Ubiquitous Computing Applications. In Pervasive Computing (PERVASIVE), volume 3001 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 188--193, 2004
• Emmerich, W. (2000). Software engineering and middleware: a roadmap, Proceedings of the Conference on The Future of Software Engineering (pp. 117-129). Limerick, Ireland: ACM Press.

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