HunanModernLogisticsCollegePresenter:MiZhiqiangIntroducingtheRFIDNerveCenterContents1Whatismiddleware2WhatisRFIDmiddleware3WhyuseRFIDmiddleware01WhatismiddlewareExploringRFIDmiddlewaretechnology--analyzingRFIDsoftwaresystemRFIDnervecenterMiddlewareisalargeclassofbasicsoftwareandbelongstothecategoryofreusablesoftware.Asthenameimplies,themiddlewareisinthemiddleoftheoperatingsystemsoftwareandtheuser'sapplicationsoftware.Themiddlewareisontheoperatingsystem,networkanddatabase,andthelowerlayeroftheapplicationsoftware.Theoverallroleistoprovideanoperatinganddevelopmentenvironmentfortheapplicationsoftwareinitsupperlayer,helpinguserstodevelopandintegratecomplexapplicationsoftwareflexiblyandefficiently.NewZellshortmessagegatewayMobileinformationmachineMobileoperatorwirelessbasestationMobileoperatorgatewayMobileoperatorwirelessbasestationUsermobilephoneCardserverE-commercewebsiteBusinessmanagementMiddlewareservicesMiddlewareservicesMiddlewareservicesOAserverRFIDisoneofthetenstrategictechnologiesrecommendedbyenterprisesin2005,andmiddlewarecanberegardedasthecenteroftheoperationofRFID,becausethearchitecturedesignsolutionhasbecomeaveryimportantcoretechnologyintheapplicationofRFID.RFIDmiddlewareisamessage-orientedmiddleware(MOM).Informationistransmittedfromoneprogramtoanotherormoreprogramsintheformofmessage.Informationcanbetransmittedasynchronously,sothesenderdoesnothavetowaitforaresponse.Message-orientedmiddlewareincludesnotonlythefunctionsofpassinginformation,butalsoservicessuchasinterpretingdata,security,databroadcasting,errorrecovery,locatingnetworkresources,findingcost-compliantpaths,prioritizingmessagesandrequirements,andextendingdebuggingtools.RFIDmiddlewareisasoftwareusedtoprocessallinformationandeventstreamsfromreader.Itisalinkbetweenreaderandenterpriseapplication.Itprovidesasetofgeneralapplicationprograminterface(API)byusingmiddleware.ItcanconnecttoRFIDreaderandreadRFIDtagdata.Itfilters,groupsandcountstagdatatoreducetheamountofdatasenttoinformationnetworksystem.Preventmisreadingandreadingmoreinformation.01ExploringRFIDmiddlewaretechnology--analyzingRFIDsoftwaresystemRFIDnervecenterWhatismiddleware02WhatisRFIDmiddlewareRFIDmiddlewarediagramExploringRFIDmiddlewaretechnology--analyzingRFIDsoftwaresystemRFIDnervecenterOthereventsourcesRFIDreaderRFIDprinter

SensorALEengineApplication1Application2ManagementconsoleProvidingdataeventstreamsItsRFIDinformationrequirementsareasfollows:ReadasingletagReadmultipletimespersecondEachtagwithinthescopeofcontrolProvidinghigh-levelbusinesseventsItsRFIDinformationrequirementsareasfollowsPleasegivemeReportevery60sAntennafromGate5ConcernonlyaboutAcmeproducts,noproductleveltagsAslongasthosechangesOn-demandorautomaticSunRFIDOverallSolutionArchitectureThefigureshowsthepositioningofthemiddlewaresoftwarearchitectureandrelatedproductsinSun'stotalRFIDapplicationsolution.MiddlewareproductarchitectureforSunRFID'stotalsolution02WhatisRFIDmiddlewareExploringRFIDmiddlewaretechnology--analyzingRFIDsoftwaresystemRFIDnervecenterSunRFIDOverallSolutionArchitectureTheJavaSystemRFIDSoftwareontheleftsideofthefigureisasoftwaresuitethatworksdirectlywithRFIDreaders.KeyfeaturesincludeRFIDreaderandsensordataextraction,filteringandprocessing,andintegratedinterfacestootherapplications.TheyellowpartinthemiddleisSun'sSOAsolutionandsoftwarearchitecture.TheyellowpartinthemiddleisSun'sSOAsolutionandsoftwarearchitecture.Sunacquiredtheindustry-leadingSeeBeyondcompanyin2005(SeeBeyondhasbeennamedthetopthreeintheSOAindustrybyGartner).ItintegratesSeeBeyond'sSOA/EAIproductswithitsoriginalJES(JavaEnterpriseSystem,asetoffunctionalmiddlewareproducts),andintroducesCAPS(JavaCompositeApplicationPlatformSuites),anew,comprehensive,simpleandeasy-to-useSOAsoftwaresuite.TherightpartistheapplicationofB2BrelatedtoRFIDfrommultiplevendors.Fromthefigure,wecanseethatintheoverallsolutionofRFID,whetheritistheedgemiddlewareproductsdealingwiththesameequipmentorthebusinessintegrationsystemasthebackboneofenterpriseapplication,Suncanprovidecomprehensiveandleadingsupportingproducts,andprovidematuresolutionsbasedonindustrystandardsfromtheperspectiveofarchitecture.02WhatisRFIDmiddlewareExploringRFIDmiddlewaretechnology--analyzingRFIDsoftwaresystemRFIDnervecenterSunJavaSystemRFIDSoftwareisthemainmiddlewareproductinSun'sRFIDsolution.Figure5-33showsthearchitectureofSunJavaSystemRFIDsoftware.Inthefigure,thepartofthedottedcircleistheSunJavaSystemRFIDsoftwarepackage.OntheleftsideisthereaderorsensoroftheRFIDtag.EachreadercancontinuouslyreadalargenumberoftagsandtransmitthereaddatainformationtotheJavaSystemRFIDpackage,whichprocessesthedata.02WhatisRFIDmiddlewareExploringRFIDmiddlewaretechnology--analyzingRFIDsoftwaresystemRFIDnervecenterRFIDreaderEPCtagContainersandpalletswithtagsTradingpartnerorsupplierEdgeBack-endNetworkIntegrationandworkflowSunJavaSystemRFIDSoftwareArchitectureThemainfunctionalmodulesofSun'sRFIDEventManagerinclude:nFailoverTheadapterallowsdevicesfromdifferentvendorstocommunicateandinteractwiththeRFIDEventManager.TheConnectormoduleintheRFIDEventManagercansendrelevantinformationtofilesystem,JMSqueue,XMLlanguage,HTTP,SOAPmessage,sothatRFIDornon-RFIDrelatedeventdatacanbenotifiedtotheexternalsystem.nEnterpriseGatewaynConnectorsnDeviceAdapternFilterFiltersfiltertheredundantdataprovidedbyRFIDdevicesandcanbeusedtoimplementsmall-scaledataprocessingandbusinesslogic.Thismodulecanbeusedasapublicinterfacetoconnecttoenterpriseapplications.SinceSun'sRFIDEventManagerisbasedontheJavaandJinitechnologyframework,thefailoverofservicesisaninherenttechnicalfeature.02WhatisRFIDmiddlewareExploringRFIDmiddlewaretechnology--analyzingRFIDsoftwaresystemRFIDnervecenterSunJavaSystemRFIDSoftwareArchitectureThebottomlayerofthewholesoftwarearchitectureinthefigureiscomposedofEISsystem,whichcanincludeERP,WMS,traditionallegacysystemandenterpriseprivateinformationsystem.Thesesystemsmustbeabletoreceiveandintegratedataandeventsfromtaggeditems.Infact,theRFIDInformationServercanbeunderstoodasanintegrationlayerthatintegratestheRFIDEventManagerwiththeexistingEISandotherenterpriseapplicationsystems.TheRFIDInformationServerprovidestheconnectionchannelbetweentheunderlyingRFIDdataandthehigh-levelbusinessapplications.PlacingRFIDInformationServerbetweenRFIDEventManagerandotherenterpriseapplicationscanprovidemaximumflexibilityinresponsetochangesinbusinessneedsandenterpriseapplications.ArchitecturediagramofRFIDEventManager02WhatisRFIDmiddlewareExploringRFIDmiddlewaretechnology--analyzingRFIDsoftwaresystemRFIDnervecenterSunJavaSystemRFIDSoftwareArchitectureSunJavaSystemRFIDSoftwareArchitectureArchitecturediagramofRFIDInformationServerThedatathatcanbeobtainedthroughtheRFIDInformationServiceincludes:DatafromreaderorsensorobtainedbyRFIDEventManagerThetagindicatescharacteristicdataoftheidentifieditem,suchas:date,weight,expirationdate,etc.Cataloginformation02WhatisRFIDmiddlewareExploringRFIDmiddlewaretechnology--analyzingRFIDsoftwaresystemRFIDnervecenterSunJavaSystemRFIDSoftwareforJavaMEDevicesThespecificfunctionsofSunJavaSystemRFIDSoftwareforJavaMEDevicesinclude:SendrepliessynchronouslyorasynchronouslyDefinetriggersforevents,suchasdetectingacasetagTimingProcessingServiceFilterdata,includingBooleanlogic,patternmatching,grouping,counting,etc.RecordthetimeandlocationofcapturingEPCcode02WhatisRFIDmiddlewareExploringRFIDmiddlewaretechnology--analyzingRFIDsoftwaresystemRFIDnervecenterJavaSystemRFIDSoftwareToolkitTheJavaSystemRFIDSoftwareToolkitprovidesaSunbasedRFID-basedadapterdevelopmentenvironmentdesignedtosimplifythedevelopmentofadaptersfordifferentRFIDreader,printer,andotherdevicesthatconnectdevicestotheJavaSystemRFIDEventManager.ThistoolkitcanbeusedbothasapluginforNetBeansandasapluginfortheSunStudioIDE.Italsoincludescodeexamples,adaptercodetemplates,antbuildscriptfiles,andJUnittesttemplatesintheplugin.02WhatisRFIDmiddlewareExploringRFIDmiddlewaretechnology--analyzingRFIDsoftwaresystemRFIDnervecenterIndustrySolutionsBasedonSun'sRFIDProductsBycombiningSun'sRFIDSoftwarewithSun'ssoftwareandhardwareproducts,partnerscanprovidecustomizedsolutionsforspecificapplicationsinrelatedindustries.Atthesametime,SunisalsoveryhappytoshareitsrichexperienceinthefieldofRFIDimplementationwithpartners.PartnerscanrefertoSun'srichandspecificreferencesolutionsfordifferentindustriestocustomizeorexpand,andbuildtheirownindustryapplications.ThefigureshowsanassettrackingandmanagementsolutionbasedonSun'ssoftwareandhardwareplatforms.AssettrackingandmanagementsolutionsbasedonSun'ssoftwareandhardwareplatforms02WhatisRFIDmiddlewareExploringRFIDmiddlewaretechnology--analyzingRFIDsoftwaresystemRFIDnervecenterImplementationandDeploymentDeploymentofSunRFIDsolutionsSunRFIDNetwork02WhatisRFIDmiddlewareExploringRFIDmiddlewaretechnology--analyzingRFIDsoftwaresystemRFIDnervecenterRFIDmiddlewareisanindependentsystemsoftwareorserviceprogramplatform.Includesdatamanagement,security,andmulti-deviceconnectivity.IthelpscompaniesintegrateandoptimizeexistingRFIDsystemresourcestoachievehigherprofits.Itsdevelopmenthasgonethroughthreestages:applicationmiddleware,architecturemiddleware,andsolutionmiddleware.ThecurrentrepresentativeproductsofRFIDmiddlewareare:IBMWebSphereRFIDDeviceInfrastructure,PremisesServer;BEAWebLogicRFIDEdgeServer,ComplianceExpress,EnterpriseServer;OracleSensorEdgeServer;Sybase'sRFIDAnywhere2.1;Microsoft'sBizTalkRFID;Sun'sJavaSystemRFIDSoftware,etc.02WhatisRFIDmiddlewareExploringRFIDmiddlewaretechnology--analyzingRFIDsoftwaresystemRFIDnervecenterIBM'sRFIDmiddlewareproductsprovideacompleteend-to-ende-commercesolution.Ithelpscompaniesmanageanddeliverdatathroughanintegratede-commerceplatformtoenhancetheperformanceoftheirRFIDapplications.Itsproductsaremainlydividedintotwoparts:IBMWebSphereRFIDDeviceInfrastructureandPremisesServer.Thefollowinganalysisisfromthreeaspects.ArchitecturelayerandfunctionArchitecturesystemDataflow02WhatisRFIDmiddlewareExploringRFIDmiddlewaretechnology--analyzingRFIDsoftwaresystemRFIDnervecenterBEARFIDMiddlewareProductArchitectureAnalysis1)ArchitectureLayerandFunctionIBMhasproposedalogicaldomainmodelforsolvingRFIDapplications(asshownbelow).Themodelisdividedintosixdomains:tagobjectdomain,antennareadingdomain,edgedomain,integrationdomain,businessprocessintegrationdomain,enterpriseandbusinessapplicationdomain.Systemmanagementdomain

Objectmanagementdomain

IBMRFIDsolutionmiddleware

DevicePremisesbusinessInfrastructurServerIntegrationTagobjectdomainAntennareadingdomainEdgedomainBusinessprocessintegrationdomainEnterpriseandbusinessapplicationdomainIntegrationdomain02WhatisRFIDmiddlewareExploringRFIDmiddlewaretechnology--analyzingRFIDsoftwaresystemRFIDnervecenterBEARFIDMiddlewareProductArchitectureAnalysis03WhyuseRFIDmiddleware(2)ArchitectureThearchitectureofIBM'sRFIDmiddlewareproductsisshowninthefigure.Ascanbeseenfromthefigure:ThearchitectureoftheDeviceInfrastructureproductincludes:deviceadaptermodule,proxyservermodule,controltriggermodule,WebSphereMicroBiokercommunicationmodule,MBBridgemodule.ThearchitectureofthePremisesServerproductincludes:MBBridgemodule,eventroutingmodule,messagedrivermodule,sessionentitymodule,networkservermodule,JSPsservermodule.ExploringRFIDmiddlewaretechnology--analyzingRFIDsoftwaresystemRFIDnervecenterBEARFIDMiddlewareProductArchitectureAnalysisPremisesServerJ2EEWindowsMBBridgeControltriggerMBBridgeProxyserverDeviceadapterOtherservicesEdgeReaderPrintersensorMicroBioker

EventRouterWriterMessagedrivenConversationalentity

JspsServerNetworkServerWriterDatabaseBack-endapplicationsMQMQTTWebSphereRFIDDeviceInfrastructuerLinux/Windows（2）ArchitectureDeviceadapterDeviceadapterProxyserverProxyserver03WhyuseRFIDmiddlewareExploringRFIDmiddlewaretechnology--analyzingRFIDsoftwaresystemRFIDnervecenterBEARFIDMiddlewareProductArchitectureAnalysis(3)DataFlowDatastreamupload:Theevent(datastream)flowsintothedeviceadaptermodulefromhardwaredevicessuchasRFIDreadersandstackinglights,andthedeviceadaptermoduleinteractswiththeproxyservermodule.TheeventisthenpassedtothecontroltriggermoduleviatheWebSphereMicroBiokercommunicationmodule.ThecontroltriggermodulefilterstheeventanalysisandsendstheusefuleventstothepremisesserversoftwareviatheWebSphereMicroBiokercommunicationmoduleandtheMBBridgemodule.system.ThefrontserversoftwaresystemisbasedontheJ2EEstandardenvironment,andtheMBBridgemodulepassestheeventtotheeventroutingmodulethroughMQTT,MQ,andthelike.Then,theeventroutingmodulesendseacheventtothemessagedrivingmoduleintheformofatask,whichisauthenticatedbythemessagedrivingmodule,flowsintothesessionentitymodule,andfinallysenttothenetworkservermodule.Furtherflowingintotheapplicationlayerisusedbytheuser.Atthesametime,theusefuleventsaftertheauthenticationandscreeningwillbestoredinthedatabasethroughtheJSPsservermodule.Downstreamofdatastream:thatis,thetransmissionofcontrolinformationisthereverseprocessofdatastreamuploading.03WhyuseRFIDmiddlewareExploringRFIDmiddlewaretechnology--analyzingRFIDsoftwaresystemRFIDnervecenterBEARFIDMiddlewareProductArchitectureAnalysisBEARFIDmiddlewareproductisanend-to-endstandard-basedRFIDinfrastructureplatform,whichcanautomaticallyrunbusinessprocesseswithRFIDfunctions.Itsproductsincludedataacquisitionmiddleware(BEAWebLogicRFIDEdgeServer),forcedsupplyfunctionsoftware(BEAWebLogicRFIDComplianceExpress),datamanagementmiddleware(BEAWebLogicRFIDEnterpriseServer).DataacquisitionmiddlewareisthemainRFIDmiddlewareproductofBEAcompany.Thispaperfocusesontheanalysisofitsarchitecture.ArchitecturallayerandfunctionArchitecturesystemDataflow03WhyuseRFIDmiddlewareExploringRFIDmiddlewaretechnology--analyzingRFIDsoftwaresystemRFIDnervecenterBEARFIDMiddlewareProductArchitectureAnalysis(1)TheArchitectureLayerandFunction

ThedataacquisitionmiddlewarebelongstotheedgelayerrangeintheoverallarchitectureoftheRFIDmiddleware.Theproductnotonlyhasallthefeaturesoftheedgelayer,butalsoprovidesuserswithawiderangeofdevicesupport,datafilteringandaggregation,RFIDinfrastructuremonitoringandmanagementcapabilities,andseamlessintegrationofdatawithexistingplatforms.

(2)ArchitectureEdgeserverrunningpackagefunctionmoduleincludes:networkconnectionmodule,edgeflowmanagementmodule,ALEeventfilteringenginemodule,devicemanagementmodule,remotemanagementmodule.softwarecontrolplatformfunctionmodulesinclude:configurationmodule,monitoringmodule,developmentkit.03WhyuseRFIDmiddlewareExploringRFIDmiddlewaretechnology--analyzingRFIDsoftwaresystemRFIDnervecenterBEARFIDMiddlewareProductArchitectureAnalysisThefigureshowsthearchitectureofthedataacquisitionmiddlewaresoftware.Themiddlepartisitsinternalarchitecture.Itssystemincludes:edgeserveroperationpackageandsoftwarecontrolplatform.EnterpriseapplicationEnterpriseapplicationBEAWebLogicRFIDenterpriseserverNetworkconnectionmoduleEdgemanagementmoduleALEeventfilteringmanagementmoduleDevicemanagementmoduleSoftwarecontrolplatformEdgeserverrunningpackageDataacquisitionmiddleware（BEAWebLogicRFIDEdgeServer）

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BarcodereaderRemotemanagementmodule03WhyuseRFIDmiddlewareExploringRFIDmiddlewaretechnology--analyzingRFIDsoftwaresystemRFIDnervecenterBEARFIDMiddlewareProductArchitectureAnalysisBEARFIDMiddlewareProductArchitectureAnalysis(3)DataFlowDatastreamupload:RFIDevents(datastreams)firstflowintothedevicemanagementmodule.Afterthedevicemanagementmoduleconfirmsthecorrectnessofthehardwareconnection,theeventflowispasseddown.Theeventfilteringmodulethenfilterstheevents,eliminatesredundantdataprovidedbythedevice,andperformssimpledataandbusinesslogicprocessing.Theedgeflowmanagementmodulewillperformthefinalprocessingontheevent,andfilterandfiltertoextracttheuser'svaluableevents.Valuableeventswillbetransmittedtotheuserorenterpriseapplicationlayerdevicethroughthenetworkthroughthenetworkconnectionmoduleforusebytheapplicationsoftwaremanagement.Whenthedataistransmitted,theremotemanagementmodulecanmanageandsimplyedittheeventstreambycallingtheinformationandrulesoftheapplicationlayerdevice.Theconfigurationmoduleandmonitoringmoduleinthesoftwarecontrolplatformcanalsoprovidefunctionsforeffectivelyconfiguringandmonitoringthedeviceatanytime.Thedevelopmenttoolkitcanalsofacilitateuserorenterprisemanagementpersonneltousethedatainformationtoperformsystemprogrammingdevelopmentoperations.Theuploadingoperationofthedatastreaminformationiscompleted.Downstreamofdatastream:Itisthereverseprocessofdatastreamuploading.03WhyuseRFIDmiddlewareExploringRFIDmiddlewaretechnology--analyzingRFIDsoftwaresystemRFIDnervecenterComparativeAnalysisFromtheperspectiveofarchitecture,IBMandBEARFIDmiddlewareproductshavesimilaritiesanddifferencesintheimplementationoffunctionsandmethods.(2)Differences:IBMisanintegratedsystemplatform,focusingontheintegrationofproductfeatures.BEAisacombinedoverallsystemplatform,withafocusonproductapplicationflexibility.Similarities：Fromtheperspectiveoftheoverallarchitecturelevel,producttechnologydevelopmentiscarriedoutatboththeedgelayerandtheintegrationlayer.03WhyuseRFIDmiddlewareExploringRFIDmiddlewaretechnology--analyzingRFIDsoftwaresystemRFIDnervecenterPerformanceAnalysisPerformanceIBMWebSphereseriesproductsBEAWebLogicseriesproductsRemarksPlatformsupportCansupportmorethantenoperatingplatforms,butWindowandLinuxarestillthemainstreamoperatingplatformssupported.SameBrowsersupportBrowsersthatsupportHTML4andCascadingStyleSheetsSameWebserversupportCansupport10serverversionsSupports6serverversions.Atthesametime,BEAWebLogichasabuilt-inwebserver.

CachereuseProvidescachingofstaticcontentandalsoenablescachingofdynamicallygeneratedcontentApplyingcachereuseforstaticcontent

ExpansibilityProvidessupportformulti-CPUenvironmentperformanceandIBMclusteredsessionsProvidesperformancesupportinamulti-CPUcountenvironmentandusesamulticastapproachtoupdatesessionsbasicallythesameDatabasesupportSupportmultiplerelationaldatabases,andalsostoredatainfilesStoretheconfigurationinfiles

ConfigurationperformanceTheproductcompletestheconfigurationoperationthroughagraphicalinterface,andprovidesAPIsoftwarepackagesandprogramminginterfacesforuser-programmedcontrol.Thedocumentationismorescattered,butithasbeeneffectivelysupplementedinrelatedproducts.Theproductisconfiguredbyacombinationofgraphicalinterfaceandmanualmodification,anduserprogrammingalsousesAPIsoftware.DocumentresourcesarerelativelyconcentratedPerformanceanalysisofIBMandBEARFIDmiddlewareproducts03WhyuseRFIDmiddlewareExploringRFIDmiddlewaretechnology--analyzingRFIDsoftware