مقاله An efficient distributed discovery service for EPCglobal network in nested package scenarios : تی پی بین

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Today, obtaining and managing all the information about supply chains are key tasks for the improvement and progress of business and commercial strategies. Ubiquitous information technologies, like RFID, can be used for tracking and tracing of materials and items as they move through the supply chain. In this scenario, EPCglobal consortium provides an architecture framework for collecting, sharing and accessing information about EPC-tagged objects. One of the key components of EPCglobal architecture required to implement track and trace capabilities is the discovery service (DS). Although DS is still under development, it is expected that DS will be implemented by a centralized architecture. Another key component is the object name service (ONS), which is used to resolve the Internet addresses of the EPC information services (EPCISs). According to EPCglobal specification, ONS is based on the traditional Internet DNS. In this work, an alternative solution to implement ONS and DS services is presented. Both services are based on a distributed architecture, which eliminates the disadvantages and weaknesses of the centralized implementations of ONS and DS. In addition, the proposed distributed EPCglobal network architecture allows item level track and trace capabilities even if item visibility along the complete supply chain is not possible. In previous works, other authors always assume complete item visibility. However, in many industrial fields where items are packaged to facilitate the transport and distribution, this supposition is not true. Both EPCglobal network solutions are analytically compared, concluding with the benefits of using the distribution solution.

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Pilar Manzanares-Lopez [ Department of Information Technologies and Communications, Technical University of Cartagena, Antiguo Cuartel de Antigones Campus Muralla del Mar s/n, E-30202 Cartagena, Spain ]

Juan Pedro Muñoz-Gea [ Department of Information Technologies and Communications, Technical University of Cartagena, Antiguo Cuartel de Antigones Campus Muralla del Mar s/n, E-30202 Cartagena, Spain ]

Josemaria Malgosa-Sanahuja [ Department of Information Technologies and Communications, Technical University of Cartagena, Antiguo Cuartel de Antigones Campus Muralla del Mar s/n, E-30202 Cartagena, Spain ]

Juan Carlos Sanchez-Aarnoutse [ Department of Information Technologies and Communications, Technical University of Cartagena, Antiguo Cuartel de Antigones Campus Muralla del Mar s/n, E-30202 Cartagena, Spain ]

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RFID EPCglobal Supply chain Track and trace DHT network

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Journal of Network and Computer Applications

The Journal of Network and Computer Applications welcomes research contributions, surveys and notes in all areas relating to computer networks and applications thereof. The following list of sample-topics is by no means to be understood as restricting contributions to the topics mentioned: new design techniques, interesting or novel applications, components or standards,computer networks with tools such as WWW,emerging standards for internet protocols,Wireless networks,Mobile Computing,emerging computing models such as cloud computing, grid computing,emerging network protocols such as sensor networks, delay tolerant networks, Internet of things,applications of networked systems for remote collaboration and telemedicine,applications of an educational, transactional and cooperational nature,applications of security in computer and networks.

حوزه های تحت پوشش : computer networks with tools such as WWW, computer networks with tools such as WWW, Mobile Computing