User localization information is an important data source for ubiquitous assistance in smart environments and other location aware systems. It is a major data source for superimposed intention recognition systems. In typical smart environment scenarios, like ambient assisted living, there is a need for non-invasive, wireless, privacy preserving technologies. Device-free localization approaches ...

Introduction The vision of the Internet of Things has been discussed for several years now, and has already attracted attention beyond the research community. Besides the widespread use of RFID chips, the Internet of Things is also characterized by smart real-world objects that report status of themselves or the environment detected by sensors. Some objects also offer to change their status or ...

Many efforts are currently going towards networking smart things from the physical world (e.g. RFID, wireless sensor and actuator networks, embedded devices) on a larger scale. Rather than exposing real-world data and functionality through proprietary and tightly-coupled systems we propose to make them an integral part of the Web. As a result, smart things become easier to build upon. Popular W...

Shrinking water resources all over the world and increasing costs of water consumption have prompted water users and distribution companies to come up with water conserving strategies. We have proposed an energy-efficient smart water monitoring application in [1], using low power RFIDs. In the home environment, there exist many primary interferences within a room, such as cell-phones, Bluetooth...

Creating networks of “smart things” found in the physical world (e.g., with RFID, wireless sensor and actuator networks, embedded devices) on a large scale has become the goal of a variety of recent research activities. Rather than exposing real-world data and functionality through vertical system designs, we propose to make them an integral part of the Web. As a result, smart things become eas...

Due to globalization and the advancement of technology, the differences are lessened among businesses in terms of IT capabilities and product quality. Operation cost has become a critical key factor of success that determines company’s profit level, as well as its competence in the market. Under the environment of electronic-commerce, logistics in the supply chain ensures a stable supply of sto...

The Purpose of this paper is to present one of the various wireless technologies currently available for industrial monitoring and control. Applications of wireless data transmission are universal. In industrial automation, the benefits of adopting wireless technologies in eliminating the needs for cables in hard to reach areas within the plant, increasing data availability and quality and moni...

This chapter addresses the present challenges facing radio frequency identification (RFID) systems and aims to highlight the perspective and potential of this technology which, due to attractive properties such as low power, low cost, and ability to integrate sensing functionality, is enjoying widespread application and a growing market potential. The simplicity and minimalist approach in the d...

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a microchip technology which produces a lot of attention of scientists toward innovative and future oriented bionics and a most promising and anticipated technologies in recent years. This interdisciplinary research aims to undertake a scoping study of emerged technology serving the security purposes of devices, infrastructures and human utilization. The...