Leveraging Complex Event Processing for Rfid Applications: a Case Study in Hospitals

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has emerged as a key technology for automatic data collection and asset tracking and has been adopted in a variety of industries. However, the large volume and high velocity of data poses a major challenge for maintaining data processing efficiency and effectiveness. One viable solution for dealing with this challenge is Complex Event Processing (CEP), which can extract meaningful events for business applications. This paper examines different aspects of applying CEP model to RFID applications. We present the motivation, benefits and framework and walk through a scenario to study CEP-embedded RFID applications in hospitals.