Interfacing with the Physical World

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CASAGRAS (Coordination And Support Action for
Global RFID-related Activities and
Standardisation )
Interfacing with the Physical World Anthony
Furness Technical Coordinator
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CASAGRAS viewing the definitions
Things having identities and virtual
personalities operating in smart spaces using
intelligent interfaces to connect and communicate
within social, environmental and user contexts
- Functionality Identity focus Interconnected
objects having an active role in what might be
called the Future Internet- Seamless
integration A world-wide network of
interconnected objects uniquely addressable,
based on standard communication protocols
Semantic Definitions so often require
qualification and explanation, particularly where
terms like smart, intelligent, and
objects-talking-to-objects are used
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CASAGRAS Definition
CASAGRAS Meeting 1st December 2008
Shanghai Internet of Things CASAGRAS
Definition A global network infrastructure,
linking physical and virtual objects through the
exploitation of data capture and communication
capabilities. This infrastructure includes
existing and evolving Internet and network
developments. It will offer specific
object-identification, sensor and connection
capability as the basis for the development of
independent federated services and applications.
These will be characterised by a high degree of
autonomous data capture, transfer event network
connectivity and interoperability.
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Reality of Objects talking to Objects
Object
Object identifier
Object identifier Extended data carrier capacity
Enhanced functionality and sensory capability
Object identifier Extended data carrier
capacity read/write and processing capability
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Reality of Objects talking to Objects
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Reality of Objects talking to Objects
Self-organising Networking capability
Object-talking-to-object communications
Object identifier Extended data carrier
capacity read/write and processing capability
object-to-object communications and enhanced
functionality and artificial intelligence
Increased cost
Increased complexity
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Elements of functionality

• Elements of functionality to cover likely
  applications and services requirements include
• Needs for identification and identification
  management
• Timing for temporal requirements
• Location or positioning for spatial requirements
• Communications capability for data and media
  transfers
• Response, including display and physical control
  functions
• Supporting data and interfacing standards and
  regulations for harmonised open exploitation of
  object-connected physical world interfacing
  interfacing between physical and virtual worlds

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Embracing a fully inclusive range of
edge technologies, including RFID, for
interfacing with the physical world
The need for a universal data capture appliance
protocol UDCAP The need for partitioning of
functionality
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CASAGRAS Inclusive Model
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CASAGRAS Inclusive Model
Standards - RFID and the Internet of Things
first migratory step to realising the Internet of
Things? But more standards needed
Source Praxis Consultants
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Interfacing for Networking
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Objects and Processes
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Objects, processes and Services
Time Line Object Identification Usage
Information
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Services and the need for a legacy-supporting
identification scheme
The need also for a service-supporting
architecture - enter service oriented
architecture (SOA) and SOA networks
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• SOA principles
• Services provide reusable functionality with
  well defined interfaces
• SOA infrastructure enables discovery,
  composition and invocation of services
• Applications are built using functionality from
  available services
• Advantages include
• Agility, scalability, reusability and flexibility
  in distributed heterogeneous environments
• SOA uses open standard principles and facilitates
  loose coupling and plug-ability of new
  interfaces
• Source A Service Oriented Approach for the
  Future Internet Y Fun Hu

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Migrating to the Inclusive Model requires
Attendance to interfacing needs from physical
layer to Internet Attendance to resolver model
for accommodating legacy identification
schemes Attendance to the services support
structure to enable new services and
applications Selection and harmonisation of
physical layer technologies in a controlled
development scheme International cooperation
CASAGRAS 2 a route to the inclusive model and
international cooperation
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Thank you for your attention