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Fig. 10.7 ID–sensor applications.
Parts
RFID tags
Sensors
Applications
Data bus
Object Naming
Service and
Lookup services
Airports
Logistics Part pooling
received in the consumer goods domain, and two key areas for development were
identified:
ID and sensor data needs to be efficiently integrated into real-time data-capture
systems;
the potential of combining ID technologies with other sensory information
(for example, ID and temperature, ID and location) had yet to be properly
exploited.
In the aerospace domain, ID and sensor integration are critically important
because of the long lifecycles of parts, the complex service processes and legislations
in place, and the difficult operating environments that aircraft are exposed to
(see Fig. 10.7).
In particular, it has been noted that the integration of RFID and sensors can be
done in at least two distinct ways.
Hardware integration. The sensor(s) is (are) connected physically to the RFID
tag, and sensor data is read by the RFID reader.
Logical integration. Sensor data is collected independently of the RFID tag,
and the integration process involves the reading of the RFID tag and accessing
another data source.
The selection of one of these routes is dependent on environment, cost, and
the application. The research has also determined appropriate information
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