WinRFID: A middleware for the enablement of radiofrequency identification (RFID)-based applications

Mobile, Wireless, and Sensor Networks: Technology, Applications, and Future Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 313-336

  Prabhu, B S ^a   Su, Xiaoyong ^a   Ramamurthy, Harish ^a   Chu, Chi Cheng ^a   Gadh, Rajit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

.NET framework; Automated data collection; Middleware; Radio Frequency Identification (RFID); Wireless sensors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889341471     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0471755591.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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