OSGiDevCon @ Jazoon 2009 Zurich, June 22, 2009 Experimenting with the OSGi platform in the Aspire RFID middleware Clément Escoffier on behalf of Lionel Touseau, Kiev Gama & Didier Donsez Université Grenoble 1, France [email_address]

Agenda What is Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) ? RFID Middleware architecture OSGi technologies in the RFID Middleware 23/06/09 OSGiDevCon 2009

What is Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) ?

RFID Middleware architecture

OSGi technologies in the RFID Middleware

RFID Everywhere The first wave of the Internet of Things Tag everything! Read everywhere! 23/06/09 OSGiDevCon 2009

Tag everything!

Read everywhere!

Trends Use sensors measurements in applications Environmental sensors (scattered in warehouses, containers, you …) Sensors embedded on the tagged objects 23/06/09 OSGiDevCon 2009 Location [timestamp],[position], [symbolicPos], [cellID] … Measurement [temperature], [humidity], [pressure], [weight], [distance], [accel.], [shock], [ECG], [O 2 ], [CO 2 ], … Audio-Video [image stream], [snapshot] …

Use sensors measurements in applications

Environmental sensors (scattered in warehouses, containers, you …)

Sensors embedded on the tagged objects

RFID “Common” Middleware Architecture 23/06/09 OSGiDevCon 2009 $100 Linux ARM $200 JavaPhone $1000 Linux/Win32 x86 $1000000 Linux/OpenSolaris/Win32 x86/itanium/ultrasparc cluster Event Report ALE Server (OSGi or JavaEE) Edge Edge (OSGi, MIDLet ) Tag read RFID Readers EPC IS (JavaEE) ONS (WS-based RESTful DNS ) sensors Other EPC ISs (Aspire, Fostrack/ Accada, …) Serial , Bluetooth, …

OSGi « technologies » inside the Edge Core Continuous provisioning Plug and Play (sensors, tag readers) Common Services Event Admin Wire Admin ( + WireAdmin Binder) JMX (MOSGi, future RFC 139) Component frameworks Apache Felix iPOJO Asynchronous Remoting Communications Bridges between Event Admin and MOM (JMS) 23/06/09 OSGiDevCon 2009

Core

Continuous provisioning

Plug and Play (sensors, tag readers)

Common Services

Event Admin

Wire Admin ( + WireAdmin Binder)

JMX (MOSGi, future RFC 139)

Component frameworks

Apache Felix iPOJO

Asynchronous Remoting Communications

Bridges between Event Admin and MOM (JMS)

Event Admin RFID applications are event-driven by nature Publish-Subscribe Interactions Publishers : RFID Tag Readers Subscribers : data mediators (CEP) Bridges between Event Admin and MOM JMS, HTTP/SOAP, SMTP, XMPP 23/06/09 OSGiDevCon 2009 ALE Reports EA / MOM X Bridge RFID reader Collection & Filtering EPC IS

RFID applications are event-driven by nature

Publish-Subscribe Interactions

Publishers : RFID Tag Readers

Subscribers : data mediators (CEP)

Bridges between Event Admin and MOM

JMS, HTTP/SOAP, SMTP, XMPP

Wire Admin Sensors produce physical measurements But wiring is not automatic WireAdminBinder ADL and runtime describing wires 23/06/09 OSGiDevCon 2009 P C Wire Object P roducer C onsumer Wire Admin Create Delete P Wire Object < wireapp id=&quot;aspirerfid.sensor.wireadminbinder.sensors&quot;> < wireset id=&quot;temperature-producers2consumer&quot; producers-filter = &quot;(&amp (wireadmin.producer.flavors=*o.o.u.m.Measurement) (data.type=temperature))&quot; consumers-filter = &quot;(service.pid=o.o.a.s.aleconsumer)&quot; removepolicy =&quot; ifDisconnected &quot; /> </ wireapp >

Sensors produce physical measurements

But wiring is not automatic

WireAdminBinder

ADL and runtime describing wires

JMX for End-to-End Management Uniform management JavaEE servers OSGi edges Apache Felix MOSGi, RFC-139 iPOJO JMX administration and facilities RFID readers and sensors 23/06/09 OSGiDevCon 2009

Uniform management

JavaEE servers

OSGi edges

Apache Felix MOSGi, RFC-139

iPOJO JMX administration and facilities

RFID readers and sensors

Apache Felix iPOJO iPOJO eases the development of mediators Dynamism Configuration Introspection External handlers Event Admin Handler Mediators do not manipulate Events but ALE reports JMX Handler Mbean exposition JMX reconfiguration 23/06/09 OSGiDevCon 2009 Event Reception Event Emission JMX Reconfiguration

iPOJO eases the development of mediators

Dynamism

Configuration

Introspection

External handlers

Event Admin Handler

Mediators do not manipulate Events but ALE reports

JMX Handler

Mbean exposition

JMX reconfiguration

Visit demos on http://wiki.aspire.ow2.org In-vitro Supply chain demo i.e. EPC Global’ vision of RFID Customer info @ POS, @Fair, @Museum, @Park … Patient @ Home, Elder @ Home Professionals : Inventory, Maintenance, Picking … i.e. NFC Forum’ vision of RFID 23/06/09 OSGiDevCon 2009 Towards convergence between EPCGlobal and NFC Forum

In-vitro Supply chain demo

i.e. EPC Global’ vision of RFID

Customer info @ POS, @Fair, @Museum, @Park …

Patient @ Home, Elder @ Home

Professionals : Inventory, Maintenance, Picking …

i.e. NFC Forum’ vision of RFID

Q & A 23/06/09 OSGiDevCon 2009 http://www.fp7-aspire.eu/ http://wiki.aspire.ow2.org

Acknowledgements Part of this work has been carried out in the scope of the ASPIRE project (http://www.fp7-aspire.eu) which is co-funded by the European Commission in the scope of the FP7 programme under contract number 215417. Help and contributions from all partners of the project and also the OW2 AspireRfid community are acknowledged . The authors thank Clément Escoffier for his help. 23/06/09 OSGiDevCon 2009

Part of this work has been carried out in the scope of the ASPIRE project (http://www.fp7-aspire.eu) which is co-funded by the European Commission in the scope of the FP7 programme under contract number 215417. Help and contributions from all partners of the project and also the OW2 AspireRfid community are acknowledged .

The authors thank Clément Escoffier for his help.

Toward M2M middlewares 23/06/09 OSGiDevCon 2009 Sensor Data Warehouse ONS Object Nanimg Service M2M Middleware is running on ~ 1 TeraHit per day Real World IT World 10^4 – 10^6 OSGi « edges » JavaEE servers Reporting Activation WMS, MES, ERP … Export Publish GPS [timestamp],[position] Measurement [position], [temperature], [humidity],[pressure], [weight] … Time Measure Sensor Event [ObjectId], [timestamp], measurements Sensor Event Mediation ©Didier Donsez Bar Codes RFID Smart Card contact,contactless Identification, authentication, tracking Buttons, Keys…

Aspire RFID @ OW2 http://wiki.aspire.objectweb.org OW2 project Leaders: John Soldatos & Didier Donsez Targets non-trivial M2M & RFID applications FOSS SW RFID/Sensor Middleware RFID/Sensor Apps Tools RFID/Sensor Applications samples Compliances with standards ( EPCGlobal, NFCForum, … ) with legacies ( 1D/2D barcodes, … ) and proprietary ( iButtons , …) Extensions Sensors (temp., geoloc, video streams, …) and BAT Filters and BEG Licence: LGPL v2.1 and CC by-sa 23/06/09 OSGiDevCon 2009

OW2 project

Leaders: John Soldatos & Didier Donsez

Targets non-trivial M2M & RFID applications

FOSS SW

RFID/Sensor Middleware

RFID/Sensor Apps Tools

RFID/Sensor Applications samples

Compliances

with standards ( EPCGlobal, NFCForum, … )

with legacies ( 1D/2D barcodes, … ) and proprietary ( iButtons , …)

Extensions

Sensors (temp., geoloc, video streams, …) and BAT

Filters and BEG

Licence: LGPL v2.1 and CC by-sa

Edge 23/06/09 OSGiDevCon 2009

Premise 23/06/09 OSGiDevCon 2009

Server (EPCIS) 23/06/09 OSGiDevCon 2009