EPCglobal Architecture Framework Research Articles

Development of generic RFID traceability services

EPCglobal Architecture Framework is a de-facto standard for connecting distributed RFID systems in a supply chain. Thanks to the ‘service orientated’ design of this framework, the core services including ONS, DS, and EPCIS can be easily found and accessed by various information systems. Thereby it is able to achieve full traceability. However, for users to acquire traceability information of a specific product, they have to repeatedly invoke the core services. Hence, it would be beneficial for the system developers to have a set of typical shared services. Each shared service should be able to organize and combine the tedious and repetitive service inquiries in to an abstract and efficient way. We propose and develop a novel set of services called the traceability services (TS). The suggested algorithms embedded in TS allow multiple aggregations of products into containers, and it works efficiently by invoking EPCISs in parallel. The algorithms and the system have been evaluated successfully by using an EPCglobal-certified EPCIS system.

유비쿼터스 헬스케어 서비스를 위한 SIP 기반 혈액관리 시스템에 관한 연구

RFID/USN은 유비쿼터스 컴퓨팅을 위한 핵심 기술로써 다양한 센서기술과 프로세서 집적기술 그리고 무선 네트워크 기술을 이용해서 실제 물리적 환경 정보를 원격에서 손쉽게 수집하고 모니터링 하는 것이 가능하다. 특히 의료분야는 U-Healthcare와 결합된 보건의료산업과 서비스에서 국제적인 경쟁력을 확보한 수 있을 것으로 기대되고 있다. 하지만 USN은 RFID의 표준 관리 시스템인 EPCglobal 아키텍처와 갚은 표준 프레임워크의 부재로 상호 운영 및 글로벌 센서 네트워크 구현에 문제점이 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 USN의 센서 노드를 관리하는 시스템인 SIP 기반의 USN 관리 시스템 (UMS)을 제안한다. UMS는 세션 관리 기능 및 이동성 지원을 제공하는 SIP(Session Initiation Protocol)라는 인터넷 표준 프로토콜에 기반을 두고 있다. UMS 아키텍처는 기존의 SIP 아키텍처에 UUA(USN User Agent)와 UNS(USN Name Server)를 추가함으로써 이동성을 고려한 센서 노도의 위치 및 상태를 관리하게 된다. UUA는 제한된 능력의 센서 노드를 대신해 위치 등록과정을 수행하고 UNS는 센서 노드의 위치 추적을 위해 이름 변환 서비스를 제공한다. 제안하는 관리 시스템은 하나의 통일된 규격이 존재하지 않는 현재의 센서 네트워크를 통합 및 연동을 쉽게 히여 인터넷을 기반한 글로벌한 센서 네트워크 구축을 가능하게 한다. 또한, 인터넷 표준 프로토콜인 SIP를 사용하기 때문에 다른 서비스 및 프로토콜과의 연동이 쉽고 SIP 기반의 기존 자원을 재활용 활 수 있는 장점을 가진다. 본 논문에서는 제안하는 UMS를 기반으로 혈액관리 시스템의 시나리오를 통해 타당성을 검증한다. RFID/USN core technologies for ubiquitous computing, It is possible to use variety of sensors, direct processors, and wireless network technology that easily collect the actual physical environment and can monitor information remotely. Especially the healthcare industry and services combined with U-Healthcare that have international competitiveness in the medical field. But the USN, standard management system of RFID such as EPCglobal architecture framework, the lack of interoperability issues and the global sensor network implementation. In this paper, a system for managing sensor nodes of the USN, USN of SIP-based management system (UMS) is proposed. UMS support Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), provide session management and mobility capabilities, that is based on Internet standard protocol. UMS architecture of the existing SIP architecture, added USN User Agent (UUA) and the USN Name Server (UNS) that the location of sensor nodes should be possible to trace. UUA on behalf of the limited capacity of the location of the sensor nodes to perform the registration process, UNS to track the location of the sensor nodes to provide name resolution services. The proposed management system has the advantage of internet applications such as Web services interoperability and easy to recycle existing resources with other SIP-based because it uses the Internet standard protocol SIP. In this paper we propose is based on the UMS blood temperature management system is verified through the scenario.

Performance Modeling of an EPC Information Service System

To obtain visible and traceable information from the supply chain, HW/SW standards for the EPC global network, which process electronic product code (EPC) data read from Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, are regarded as the de facto industry standard. Supply chain participants install information service systems and provide logistics information to partners by following the EPCglobal architecture framework. Although quality of service (QoS) is essential for providing dependable and scalable services as pointed out by Auto-ID Lab, only a few models for the performance analysis of QoS-related work have been developed in the context of EPC information service systems. Specifically, doing so allows alternative design choices to be tested in an easy and cost-effective manner and can highlight potential performance problems in designs long before any construction costs are incurred. Thus, in this study we construct a model of an EPC information service system for the purposes of performance analysis and designing a dependable system. We also develop a set of building blocks for analytical performance models. To illustrate how the model works, we determine the characteristics of an EPC information service system and then select a combination of these proven modeling concepts. We construct a performance model that considers the response time and shows how to derive meaningful performance values. Finally, we compare the analytical results to measurements of the EPC information service system.

EPCIS 국제물류 비즈니스 프로세스 이벤트 기술을 위한 어휘 정의

The EPCglobal Network is a system which provides the information of items to suppliers, consumers, and customers by granting identification numbers on the goods based on the technologies of EPC(Electronic Product Code) and RFID(Radio Frequency Identification), and connecting the space to store those information by network. The EPCglobal architecture framework is also a service consolidating supply and process chain by using EPC for the common goal of business corporations. In the national level, it is necessary to define standard vocabularies for each location and logistics business process for RFID environment using the pre-constructed logistics information infrastructure. Therefore, we define the standard vocabularies and partially user vocabularies for international logistics on EPCglobal network architecture. Finally, we believe that our vocabularies contribute to describing the events fur the EPCglobal network architecture and actually providing usable platform via the XML implementation.