Vision and Challenges for Realising the Internet of Things

Within GRIFS the architecture has been sub-divided the architecture into four component
parts:
The enterprise system, dealing with all aspects where RFID as a data carrier is used to assist
with some functional aspects of business or commercial operations.
Internet-based data exchange components that are internal to the enterprise.
Internet-based data exchange that is external with partners and other stakeholders.
The ISO Registration Authority for data format that provides support for conversion legacy
data and for new forms of unique item identifiers.
2.2 The network of influencing factors
A major part of the GRIFS project was to identify potential standards development areas
where collaboration between standards development organizations could reduce some unnecessary
work, and even reduce potential conflict between apparent overlapping work. To address
this, a simple network model that has two major hubs has been developed. One of the
hubs is RFID data capture, effectively dealing with technology aspects; and the other hub is
RFID data process, effectively dealing with the information flow. Figure 4.6-2 identifies various
developments that we consider might impact on the development of RFID standards.
Near Field
Communication
Other Mobile
Phone Capture
Bar Code
Real Time
Location
Sensors other
than RFID
Emerging
Technologies
Smart Card
RFID Data
Capture
Data Protection
& Privacy
RFID
Applications
Impacting EU
Directives
Security
RFID
Applications
RFID Data
Process
Network
security
Figure 4.6-2: Network of influencing developments.
Bar Code
Applications
RFID enabling
Directives
Object Naming
Schemes
Internet of
Things
Internet &
IETF
3 GRIFS conclusions
Within the GRIFS projects several conclusions have been made. The following points provide
a brief excerpt:
An RFID roadmap defined by the European Commission and developed in conjunction with
European experts would provide a sound basis for creating some type of scorecard of areas
of standardisation for benefit of European businesses and citizens.
GRIFS provides a standardization map with managed updates in order to ensure quality
and integrity of provided data.
As there are many organizations involved in same technologies, a first version model of a
network of influencing developments has been developed as shown in Figure 2.
Intellectual Property is a key issue in most standard developments and could endanger
adoption. Therefore it is recommended European Commission could take for any mandated
application. This recognises the justification in applying FRAND principles for IP, but proposes
some legal framework to ensure that EU support for the technology does not result in
either vendors or end users being exploited.
Data protection, privacy regulations and security needs high attention and it is expected
that although basically not available yet, privacy enhancing techniques (PETs) to RFID
technology will be developed.
CERP-IoT – Cluster of European Research Projects on the Internet of Things
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