Examining the Elements of a Basic RFID System

• Partner integration: Middleware can provide collaborative solutions like business-to-business (B2B) integration between trading partners.

The basic elements provide the data source or the local node to generate data. A series of these are linked into a local network that can connect to either a larger network or even a global network by employing middleware. An RFID network is a peer-to-peer architecture capable of aggregating highly actionable data to a central location.

Imagine this: The use of a single tag, no larger than a book of matches, is multiplied millions of times over within a global supply chain, which creates a peer-to-peer network that shares data in real time across a limitless number of boundaries. The image of the single millimeter-sized chip quickly expands to comprise a warehouse; a company; an industry; and a world of rapidly changing, automatically updated, real-time information. From that tiny chip blossoms the power to know where every object is at all times in a global network. Pretty cool, huh?