SARIF: A novel framework for integrating wireless sensor and RFID networks

Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a promising technology for ubiquitous computing. When we embed RFID tags into environment-sensitive objects, RFID networks must be integrated with wireless sensor networks (WSNs). In this article, we first identify key requirements for designing an efficient and flexible integration framework. Based on the requirements, we propose a sensor and an RFID integration framework (SARIF). As middleware that operates on top of RFID networks and WSNs, SARIF enables the design of diverse applications flexibly and manages network resources efficiently. We also demonstrate the effectiveness of SARIF by implementing a prototype.     

Conductive Inkjet-Printed Antennas on Flexible Low-Cost Paper-Based Substrates for RFID and WSN Applications

In this paper, a review of the authors' work on inkjet-printed flexible antennas, fabricated on paper substrates, is given. This is presented as a system-level solution for ultra-low-cost mass production of UHF radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags and wireless sensor nodes (WSN), in an approach that could be easily extended to other microwave and wireless applications. First, we discuss the benefits of using paper as a substrate for high-frequency applications, reporting its very good electrical/dielectric performance up to at least 1 GHz. The RF characteristics of the paper-based substrate are studied by using a microstrip-ring resonator, in order to characterize the dielectric properties (dielectric constant and loss tangent). We then give details about the inkjet-printing technology, including the characterization of the conductive ink, which consists of nano-silver particles. We highlight the importance of this technology as a fast and simple fabrication technique, especially on flexible organic (e.g., LCP) or paper-based substrates. A compact inkjet-printed UHF ldquopassive RFIDrdquo antenna, using the classic T-match approach and designed to match the IC's complex impedance, is presented as a demonstration prototype for this technology. In addition, we briefly touch upon the state-of-the-art area of fully-integrated wireless sensor modules on paper. We show the first-ever two-dimensional sensor integration with an RFID tag module on paper, as well as the possibility of a three-dimensional multilayer paper-based RF/microwave structure.     

无线传感器网络的新进展与应用

为完成实时监测、感知和采集各种监测环境或对象的信息,将智能传感器组成分布式信息测控网络。无线传感器网络是传感器智能化发展的趋势。它是以数据获取与数据管理为核心的全新网络,综合了传感器技术、嵌入式计算技术、分布式信息处理技术和无线通信技术。介绍了无线传感器网络节点、无线传感器网络、无线传感器网络的最新进展,并给出了无线传感器网络的应用。     

无线传感器网络中射频技术的实现及研究

无线射频识别技术（RFID）和无线物联网技术（WSN）是构建物联网的两大关键技术。然而传统的无线识别技术不能满足无线物联网设备低能耗的严格要求。现提出了一种使用低功耗单片机MSP430F149实现无线识别技术,利用Zig Bee技术组建WSN网络,并且搭建单片机和Zig Bee模块接口,给出一种RFID和WSN融合方案。通过实际实验得出方案可实施性强、通信可靠。     

Radio frequency identification: technologies,applications, and research issues

A radio frequency identification (RFID) system is a special kind of sensor network to identify an object or a person using radio frequency transmission. A typical RFID system includes transponders (tags) and interrogators (readers): tags are attached to objects/persons, and readers communicate with the tags in their transmission ranges via radio signals. RFID systems have been gaining more and more popularity in areas such as supply chain management, automated identification systems, and any place requiring identifications of products or people. RFID technology is better than barcode in many ways, and may totally replace barcode in the future if certain technologies can be achieved such as low cost and protection of personal privacy. This paper provides a technology survey of RFID systems and various RFID applications. We also discuss five critical research issues: cost control, energy efficiency, privacy issue, multiple readers' interference, and security issue. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Implementing a hardware-embedded reactive agents platform based on a service-oriented architecture over heterogeneous wireless sensor networks

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) represent a key technology for collecting important information from different sources in context-aware environments. Unfortunately, integrating devices from different architectures or wireless technologies into a single sensor network is not an easy task for designers and developers. In this sense, distributed architectures, such as service-oriented architectures and multi-agent systems, can facilitate the integration of heterogeneous sensor networks. In addition, the sensors’ capabilities can be expanded by means of intelligent agents that change their behavior dynamically. This paper presents the Hardware-Embedded Reactive Agents (HERA) platform. HERA is based on Services laYers over Light PHysical devices (SYLPH), a distributed platform which integrates a service-oriented approach into heterogeneous WSNs. As SYLPH, HERA can be executed over multiple devices independently of their wireless technology, their architecture or the programming language they use. However, HERA goes one step ahead of SYLPH and adds reactive agents to the platform and also a reasoning mechanism that provides HERA Agents with Case-Based Planning features that allow solving problems considering past experiences. Unlike other approaches, HERA allows developing applications where reactive agents are directly embedded into heterogeneous wireless sensor nodes with reduced computational resources.     

基于CC1110的无线传感器网络节点设计

无线传感器网络是当今信息领域的研究热点,有着广泛的应用前景。根据无线传感器网络的特点,以CC1110芯片为核心设计了一种低功耗无线传感器网络节点。在介绍CC1110的基础上,详细阐述了传感器节点设计及实现过程,包括硬件设计和软件设计,提供了一种无线传感器网络节点设计实现方案。在性能实验测试中,取得了良好的测试效果,给将来研究无线传感器网络应用提供了高性能的节点。     

RFID security and privacy: a research survey

This paper surveys recent technical research on the problems of privacy and security for radio frequency identification (RFID). RFID tags are small, wireless devices that help identify objects and people. Thanks to dropping cost, they are likely to proliferate into the billions in the next several years-and eventually into the trillions. RFID tags track objects in supply chains, and are working their way into the pockets, belongings, and even the bodies of consumers. This survey examines approaches proposed by scientists for privacy protection and integrity assurance in RFID systems, and treats the social and technical context of their work. While geared toward the nonspecialist, the survey may also serve as a reference for specialist readers.     

Wireless technologies for telemedicine

Wireless telemedicine is a new and evolving area in telemedical and telecare systems. Healthcare personnel require realtime access to accurate patient data, including clinical histories, treatments, medication, tests, laboratory results and insurance information. With large-scale wireless networks and mobile computing solutions, such as cellular 3G, Wi-Fi mesh and WiMAX, healthcare personnal can tap into vital information anywhere and at any time within the healthcare networks. The recent introduction of pervasive computing, consisting of radio frequency identification (RFID), Bluetooth, ZigBee, and wireless sensor networks, further extends the potential for exploitation of wireless telecommunications and its integration into new mobile healthcare delivery systems. In this paper, snapshots of current uses and future trends of various wireless communications in the healthcare domain are highlighted. Special attention is given to the challenges of a telemedicine environment equipped with different wireless technologies and how the resulting issues might be addressed in medical services integration to provide flexible, convenient and economical medical monitoring, consultation and healthcare.     

Paired Measurement Localization: A Robust Approach for Wireless Localization

Location awareness remains the key for many potential future applications of distributed wireless ad hoc sensor networks (WSNs). While the location of a WSN node can be estimated by incorporating Global Positioning System (GPS) devices, it is not suitable to embed GPS receivers in every node considering the cost and size of these devices as well as from an optimization point of view. However, a small number of WSNs nodes called anchor nodes are able to resolve their location either through fixed deployment or using GPS receivers, and thereby provide the reference framework for localization of other nodes. The measurement devices in individual nodes are often erroneous for tiny WSNs nodes, and hence, robustness is a major issue for localization. In this paper, a theoretical localization framework in the presence of noise is postulated, which achieves accurate positioning compared to the existing theoretical approaches. The paired measurement localization (PML) strategy is evaluated through simulations under various noise conditions and environmental modeling, and practically verified by a testbed implementation with real motes. The results corroborate the improved positioning as well as the robustness of PML for ad hoc wireless sensor networks in the presence of noise.     

Highly Secured Cluster Based WSN Using Novel FCM and Enhanced ECC-ElGamal Encryption in IoT

Wireless Personal Communications - The wireless sensor networks WSN is the most substantial network utilized in the IoT based applications. The WSN consists of various sensor nodes used for the...     

传感器网与计算机网融合的安全技术研究

大型化、综合化、扁平化的计算机网和小型化、多样化、移动化的无线传感器网(WSN)代表未来信息网络发展的两大主流方向,两网的融合是异构网络融合的典型模式,面临一系列新的安全问题。从异构融合网络的安全问题出发,概要介绍了异构融合网络的安全需求及可能面临的威胁,提出了一套涵盖计算机端、虚网络和传感器网络端的全方位安全技术,并针对每一端进行了的分析和介绍。     

Performance Analysis of Tags Collection Time on A New Architecture of 2.4 GHz Embedded Active RFID System for Indoor and Outdoor Tracking and Monitoring Applications Based on IEEE 802.15.4 Standard

This paper focuses on the analysis of tags collection time of 2.4 GHz embedded active Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system for indoor and outdoor real-time tracking and monitoring applications based on IEEE 802.15.4 standard. The main novelty of the system is the implementation of the communication method in order to provide Machine to Machine (M2M) communication and automated switching mechanism between indoor and outdoor location by utilizing active RFID, Wireless Sensor Network (WSN), Global Positioning System (GPS) and mobile communication on a single platform. In this work, GPS receiver covers outdoor location tracking, while active RFID provides identification and Receive Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) reading for each tag holder to cover indoor location tracking especially near or inside building where location information is not detected by GPS. Several experiments were conducted on three different RFID tags which were active RFID tag embedded with GPS and GSM (ERFIDG2), active RFID tag embedded with GPS (ERFIDG) and standalone RFID tag communicating with the same active RFID reader. The experiment was done to evaluate the communication performance of the active RFID in terms of tags collection time using Transparent (AT) and Application Programming Interface (API) mode. The experiment was extended to measure tags collection time in single hop and multi hops communication for Tag Talk First (TTF) and Reader Talk First (RTF) protocols. The results show that the proposed active RFID system (ERFIDG2) is better than the standalone and ERFIDG systems. The in-depth research done in this work is to study the experience and identify the challenges that will be faced in the development and implementation of a wireless RFID-based system for tracking and monitoring applications.     

Analysis of energy consumption for multiple object identification system with active RFID tags

Radio frequency identification (RFID) systems are very effective for identifying objects. Existing published works focus on designing efficient collision resolution protocols for the tag identification problem in RFID systems with passive RFID tags. However, advances in low‐cost and low‐power sensing technologies will make active RFID tags more popular and affordable in the near future. In multiple object identification systems with active tags, the tags are designed for extremely low‐cost large‐scale applications such that battery replacement is not feasible. This imposes a critical energy‐constraint on the communication protocols used in these systems. In this paper, we analyze energy consumption and identification times for several protocols. The objective is to decrease energy consumption of tags by reducing both the total identification time and the total active time. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Energy-conserving access protocols for identification networks

A myriad of applications are emerging, in which energy conservation is a critical system parameter for communications. Radio frequency identification device (RFID) networks, smart cards, and even mobile computing devices, in general, need to conserve energy. In RFID systems, nodes are small battery-operated inexpensive devices with radio receiving/transmitting and processing capabilities, integrated into the size of an ID card or smaller. These identification devices are designed for extremely low-cost large-scale applications, such that the replacement of batteries is not feasible. This imposes a critical energy constraint on the communications (access) protocols used in these systems, so that the total time a node needs to be active for transmitting or receiving information should be minimized. Among existing protocols, classical random access protocols are not energy conserving, while deterministic protocols lead to unacceptable delays. This paper deals with designing communications protocols with energy constraint, in which the number of time slots in which tags need to be in the active state is minimized, while the access delay meets the applications constraints. We propose three classes of protocols which combine the fairness of random access protocols with low energy requirements     

The Intelligent RFID Information Security Integrated Antenna Arrays System Based on SOA

Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology system is quickly evolved many applications to manage personnel can be more efficient for automation systems. We combine the RSA encryption and decryption algorithms to raise the safety and the information security systems. The RFID environment has been communicated to exchange data for heterogeneous wireless networks. In this paper, it is implemented the RFID-based campus system solutions to security and privacy of RFID system for wireless mesh network applications. We propose to enhance the security algorithm combined RFID devices for the antenna arrays system. This paper is also presented the integrated framework for the application and integration systems based on service oriented architecture, and given a specific application of the framework combined with campus system.     

An Efficient Approach for Big Data Aggregation Mechanism in Heterogeneous Wireless Connected Sensor Networks

Recently and due to the impressive growth in the amounts of transmitted data over the heterogeneous sensor networks and the emerged related technologies especially the Internet of Things in which the number of the connected devices and the data consumption are remarkably growing, big data has emerged as a widely recognized trend and is increasingly being talked about. The term big data is not only about the volume of data, but also refers to the high speed of transmission and the wide variety of information that is difficult to collect, store and process using the available classical technologies. Although the generated data by the individual sensors may not appear to be significant, all the data generated through the many sensors in the connected sensor networks are able to produce large volumes of data. Big data management imposes additional constraints on the wireless sensor networks and especially on the data aggregation process, which represents one of the essential paradigms in wireless sensor networks. Data aggregation process can represent a solution to the problem of big data by allowing data from different sources to be combined to eliminate the redundant ones and consequently reduce the amounts of data and the consumption of the available resources in the network. The main objective of this work is to propose a new approach for supporting big data in the data aggregation process in heterogeneous wireless sensor networks. The proposed approach aims to reduce the data aggregation cost in terms of energy consumption by balancing the data loads on the heterogeneous nodes. The proposal is improved by integrating the feedback control closed loop to reinforce the balance of the data aggregation load on the nodes, maintaining therefore an optimal delay and aggregation time.

     

基于MIMO的节能无线传感器网络

当今无线传感器网络主要是同构网络,即网络中传感器节点结构相同,该结构不适合基于组的传感器网络.本文通过使用多天线传感器节点作为无线传感器网络中的组长节点将MIMO和SIMO方式引入组间层和组内层组员与组长之间的通讯.文中介绍了该异构网络的基本通讯机制并对其实现进行了讨论,并提出了MIMO的传感器网络功耗和延迟模型.通过模拟实验验证了该模型优于同构网络.     

A Centralized Mechanism for Preventing DDOS Attack in Wireless Sensor Networks

Wireless sensor networks face numerous limitations. Security and Privacy are the two most essential parameters that require consideration in wireless sensor networks for conveying responsive information amid basic applications. High density and limited communication range of sensor nodes, forwarding packets in sensor networks have caused the performance of during multi-hop data transmission. Hence communication with different devices these days are not secure, due to the absence of centralized monitoring and overprotective requirements. This paper is related to speak about Distributed Denial of Service which debilitates the ability of the network and the data being transmitted. The earlier system guarantees the WSN through a self arranged and confined procedure between the nodes in the sensor environment. Here, the authors present the Centralized Detect Eliminate and Control algorithm for authorization and centralized monitoring component to discover the node that has turned into a victim node and to get rid of the information communicated to the fatality node from the neighbour nodes. Overprotective of the communication between the nodes leads to dependability. The simulation results improve the malicious node detection rate and increase the various parameters like throughput and reduce the average delay. This leads to, the overall detection rate built, eventually enhancing the parameters of the network environment.

     

基于RFID无线传感网的智能家庭安防巡逻定位系统的设计

综合RFID技术与无线传感器网络的优点,提出了一种基于RFID无线传感网的智能家庭安防巡逻定位系统,详细介绍了系统的整体架构以及重要模块的硬件设计与实现.本系统中,组建以家庭智能网关为中心的ZigBee星型网络,巡逻小车充当移动路由节点,用RFID标签实现小车的巡逻定位,实现了对家庭环境的安防监控以及远程无线报警.