Prototypical Implementation of Location-Aware Services Based on Super-Distributed RFID Tags

Abstract. We provide evidence of the feasibility and effectiveness of a middleware architecture for mobile devices which employs dense distributions of small computerized entities for providing fault-tolerant location-aware services. We do so by describing exemplary implementations based on radio frequency identification (RFID) as an enabling technology. Firstly, we present prototypical implens of the hardware abstraction layer and of selected core middleware services. The latter enable a mobile device to store and retrieve data and position information in physical places in a fault-tolerant manner, and to identify places a location abstraction which is robust against failure of individual tags. Secondly, we investigate the feasibility of some higher-level services and applications by developing and evaluating prototypical systems for tracing and tracking, self-positioning, and collaborative map-making.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: ARCS
• Authors: Jürgen Bohn
• Keywords: ARCS 2006, Fault-tolerant Location-aware Services, Hardware Abstraction Layer, Mobile Device, Software Engineering