2. Roles

When deploying RFID systems, the role of RFID middleware is to ensure the seamless integration of RFID technology into the information system. The mandatory modules are responsible for :

• provide an operational and management interface with RFID readers;

• provide read/write access procedures to data stored in tags;

• format data for writing to RFID tags;

• collect, filter, aggregate and format RFID events from tags for transmission to business applications;

• communicate with enterprise software ;

• use standards to make RFID systems interoperable.

These services can be enhanced with optional modules for :

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