RFID Middleware – From RFID to Sensory Network middleware for the edge

In the Bloor report RFID – from tags to applications, we introduced the
different categories that make up the components of an RFID solution. In this
report Bloor will look at the first layer of software – RFID middleware – and
talk about where the market is leading Sensory Network middleware.

There are three primary motivations behind using RFID/Sensor Network
middleware:

• To encapsulate the applications from device interfaces
• To process the raw observations captured by the readers and sensors so
  that applications see only meaningful, high-level events, thereby lowering
  the volume of information that they need to process
• To provide an application-level interface for managing readers and
  querying sensory device observations.

Most RFID middleware available today provides these features.

RFID and other remote sensing technologies provide a level of automation that
was not previously possible with labelling technologies such as bar codes
that needed human intervention. However, this level of automation requires
that the readers and sensors be monitored and managed remotely. A middleware
solution that operates at the edges is best suited to monitoring and managing
edge devices. Thus, in addition to the three functions described above, an
RFID middleware solution should also provide, or at least integrate with, a
management and monitoring interface.

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