EB RFID Network Controller - Efficient network and data management
The EB RFID Network Controller is a tool for exploiting the capabilities of the EB RFID Reader Systems and to bridge the gap to the Enterprise Applications. Each EB RFID Network Controller is able to coordinate a large number of RFID devices in different networks. It is isolating the changes in the physical network structure from the Enterprise level and at the same time it is able to provide data reduction of several orders of magnitudes by filtering and event generation.
Functions of the RFID Network Controller
The EB RFID Network Controller has three primary functions in controlling identification networks. Firstly, it is used to configure the RFID readers and managing the deployment and backup of those configurations. The RFID reader deployment is optimized by measuring the interference levels by using the new Facility SoundingTM capability. The second function is RFID device management during operation by monitoring and dynamically con-trolling the RFID readers. The control of the network by adaptive reader synchronization with deterministic scheduling guarantees interference free and fast operation in dense reader environments. The final of the primary functions is the tag collection, filtering and event generation. This provides reliable and seamless integration to any Enterprise application.
Key Features
Centralized configuration, deployment and maintenance of RFID infrastructure
Optimised RFID Reader deployment by Facility SoundingTM
Intelligent filtering and unwanted read elimination with distributed intelligence guarantees accurate acquisition
Decentralized filtering and high level event generation reduces network load significantly
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) guarantees system efficiency for seamless scalability as network size and load are increasing
Secure and reliable data transmission to enterprise clients through EPCglobal ALE or EPCIS interfaces
Support for execution of customer defined automation logic scripts and applications
Control of automation control hardware through PLC
Fault tolerant architecture by automatic failover cluster and continuous independent operation of devices even in case of temporary network failures
Offline configuration capability
Control of any ID-Device over EPCglobal standardised RP/RM interfaces
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