Vision and Challenges for Realising the Internet of Things

(Stored/Save, Edit, Delete Filters) compliant
to ALE specifications
Filtering of business events (i.e. based
on the paradigm of BEG module):
Combination of filtered data with business
metadata according to declared/
configured processes
Specifications for mapping sensor
reading events into business events
Filtering of many types of sensors other
than RFID, like ZigBee (IEEE 802.15) and
HF sensors.
ASPIRE Low-cost hardware and Tools
ASPIRE Trails: The trails are being performed
in the areas of Logistics, Textiles-
Apparel, Cold Chain Management, Process
Management and Retail to lower SME entry
cost barrier and Total Cost of Ownership
(TCO) for RFID technology solutions
Provide efficient inventory and smart services.
Moreover, the ASPIRE Middleware Platform
will be user-friendly especially focusing on
SME demands
The BRIDGE project delivered innovative
hardware and software products. It also issued
several important contributions to standard
bodies in the areas of sensors, security
and Discovery services. The lessons learned
from the multiple pilot implementations will
be inspiring for many companies in various
sectors. Finally, a considerable set of education
material has been made publicly available.
The BRIDGE project has contributed to
the development of new solutions for all
businesses, from small to large. Improving
skills and expertise on RFID technology and
network information sharing is leading to
enhanced competitiveness of European companies
and to benefits to customers and citizens.
CASCADAS goal was to provide an automatic
component-based framework that can
support the deployment of a novel set of services,
via distributed applications, which can
cope with dynamic and uncertain environments,
i.e. having Self-Configuration, Self-
Healing; Self-Optimization; Self-Protection
(self-CHOP) capabilities. CASCADAS toolkit
has been successfully used to build a prototype
system to suit a potentially industrial
future scenario, called Behavioural Pervasive
Advertisement, which takes a crowded venue,
with many public screens. The advertising
screens display information independent of
the context. Smart services could then gather
publicly information on Users and advertise
their particular interests.
CoBIs project main results can be summarized
as follows:
A middleware based on a service-oriented
architecture (SOA). The middleware allows
the deployment of business logic in the
form of services to the edge of the network.
CoBIs provided the basic SOA framework
as well as the tools to monitor and manage
the network.
A new service description language called
CoBIL (CoBIs Language) to describe services
for wireless sensor networks, their interface,
their composition and dependencies
as well as technical constraints regarding
their deployment.
A set of reusable collaborative services that
were applied in a set of demonstrators and
application trials.
Hardware adaptation and integration of
three different sensor network platforms,
namely Particles, Nodes and Sindrion,
through a common abstraction layer.
Application trials were conducted to show
how the technology developed can be applied
to a real-world setting.
Euridice is an integrated project where the
basic concept is to build an information services
platform centred on the individual cargo
item and on its interaction with the surrounding
environment and the user. The Euridice
Platform will allow addressing simultaneously
the logistics, business and public policy
aspects of freight transportation, by dynamically
combining services at different levels of
cargo interaction:
Immediate proximity services, for direct
interaction with cargo items on the field,
like individual shipments or packages:
RFID-based identification services, mobile
user services, vehicle services, site services
supporting freight interaction with fixed
structures such as terminals, warehouses
and intermodal facilities;
Supply chain services for interaction with
the actors responsible of shipping, carrying
and handling the goods, as well as producers
and consignees of the goods themselves;
Freight corridor services managed by authorities
and operators in charge of infrastructures
efficient operation, security and
safety control, such as land and port terminals,
railways and motorways for resources
allocation and traffic control, customs
agencies and other entities in charge
of safety and security checks on the goods.
PEARS Feasibility project study the feasibility
for an improved RFID system based on
Silent Tags; providing increased privacy, security,
affordability, reliability and performance.
On the side of technical feasibility, sev-
CERP-IoT – Cluster of European Research Projects on the Internet of Things
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