RFID Data Collection and Integration Based on Mobile Agent

Abstract

In the future, the Network includes not only computers connected with one another, but also mobile phones, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), embedded computers in objects such as cars, and even objects with RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags. First, terabytes of RFID related data are managed in a distributed way and mountains of new data need to be synchronized, filtered, analyzed, managed, and acted upon, often in real-time or near real-time; Second, RFID components need to be configured, deployed and updated dynamically and flexibly; Third, RFID users are often mobile users with low-speed network and low-power environment mobile devices. Considering all these things, this paper puts forward a solution using mobile agent technology to implement RFID data collection and integration. The mobile agent technology offers users the benefits of flexibility, efficiency, fault tolerance, customization as well as making it possible for mobile users to handle mass data generated by RFID readers even in a poor network condition.