Simulator Prototype for Integration of RFID and Sensor Networks

Abstract

RFID (Radio frequency identification) and WSN (Wireless sensor networks) are the two key wireless technologies that have a large number of uses in present and upcoming systems. RFID is a wireless automated recognition technology which is primarily used to recognize objects or to follow their position without providing any sign about the physical form of the substance. On the other hand, WSN not only offers information about the state of the substance and environment but also enables multihop wireless communications. Hence integration of the promising technologies of RFID and WSN increase their overall functionality and capability and give a novel outlook to a wide variety of useful applications. As per literature survey no simulator is available for the integrated environment of RFID and WSN. In this thesis, a simulator has been developed that integrates both RFID and WSN technology. An application scenario has been run in order to test the functionality of RFID and sensor networks. Further an integrated RFID tag with a sensor node has been communicated with the base station/end system.