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| Processing before stuff is sent to the middle-ware |
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| Why is meaningless data an issue? |
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| RFID networks are constantly scanning, so they pick up a lot of useless data |
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| What two reasons can you think of for meaningless data? |
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Error messages
Tags sending data that wasn't requested |
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| Why is middleware not an ideal solution to the problem of useless data? |
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| Middleware needs to be stored in a centralised location so that all data that is captured goes through it |
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| Where does edge processing determine which data needs to be stored? |
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| At the edge, near the reader. |
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| Ignoring temporary data and inconsistencies to avoid meaningless data |
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| How does smoothing work in 'RFID Anywhere'? |
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| An event is generated only when something of interest happens |
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| IGnore data matching certain criteria |
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| What values can you filter by? |
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Location
Time interval
Item type |
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| What three things much the RFID server be able to do? |
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Minimize the amount of data communicated
Make comms as efficient as possible
Make system robust to outages etc |
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