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Framework for Supporting Business Services based on the EPC Network

EPC Network 기반의 비즈니스 서비스 지원을 위한 프레임워크

  • 남태우 (부산대학교 컴퓨터공학과) ;
  • 염근혁 (부산대학교 정보컴퓨터공학부)
  • Received : 2009.11.26
  • Accepted : 2010.04.12
  • Published : 2010.06.30

Abstract

Recently, there have been several researches on automatic object identification and distributed computing technology to realize a ubiquitous computing environment. Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) technology has been applied to many business areas to simplify complex processes and gain important benefits. To derive real benefits from RFID, the system must rapidly implement functions to process a large quantity of event data generated by the RFID operations and should be configured dynamically for changing businesses. Consequently, developers are forced to implement systems to derive meaningful high-level events from simple RFID events and bind them to various business processes. Although applications could directly consume and act on RFID events, extracting the business rules from the business logic leads to better decoupling of the system, which consequentially increases maintainability. In this paper, we describe an RFID business aware framework for business processes in the Electronic Product Code (EPC) Network. This framework is proposed for developing business applications using business services. The term "business services" refers to generated events that can be used in business applications without additional data collection and processing. The framework provides business rules related to data collection, processing, and management, and supports the rapid development and easy maintenance of business applications based on business services.

유비쿼터스 컴퓨팅 환경을 실현하기 위한 핵심 기술로 자동화된 개체 식별, 분산 컴퓨팅 기술 등의 연구가 다양한 분야에서 이루어 지고 있다. 라디오 주파수를 이용해서 개체를 식별하는 RFID 기술은 EPCglobal에서 표준을 제시하고 있고 EPC Network를 기반으로 구축된 인프라를 바탕으로 응용 시스템을 개발하고자 하는 경우, RFID 미들웨어로부터 대규모의 EPC정보를 처리해야 하고, EPC를 기반으로 EPC와 관련된 고유 정보와 이력 정보를 수집해야 한다. 또한 정보획득 및 가공에 관한 인과관계 처리가 분명히 이루어져야 하고, 비즈니스 룰에 따른 이벤트의 발생 조건에 관한 처리를 고려하여야 한다. 본 논문에서는 EPC Network 기반에서 응용 시스템 개발을 지원하기 위해 비즈니스 서비스를 제공하는 미들웨어 플랫폼을 제시하고 이에 관한 효용성을 검증한다. 비즈니스 서비스란 추가적인 정보 획득이나 가공 과정 없이 응용 시스템에서 바로 이용이 가능한 이벤트를 전달하는 서비스를 의미한다. 미들웨어 플랫폼에서는 정보 획득, 정보 가공 과정을 지원하며, 또한 비즈니스 룰 처리를 지원한다. 미들웨어 플랫폼은 비즈니스 서비스를 기반으로 응용 시스템의 빠른 개발을 가능하게 하고, 유지보수를 용이하게 한다.

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