1st International ICST Conference on Communication System Software and MiddleWare

Research Article

Intuitive Service Discovery in RFID-enhanced networks

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/COMSWA.2006.1665202,
        author={Zoe  Antoniou and Govindarajan  Krishnamurthi and Franklin  Reynolds},
        title={Intuitive Service Discovery in RFID-enhanced networks},
        proceedings={1st International ICST Conference on Communication System Software and MiddleWare},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={COMSWARE},
        year={2006},
        month={8},
        keywords={},
        doi={10.1109/COMSWA.2006.1665202}
    }
    
  • Zoe Antoniou
    Govindarajan Krishnamurthi
    Franklin Reynolds
    Year: 2006
    Intuitive Service Discovery in RFID-enhanced networks
    COMSWARE
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/COMSWA.2006.1665202
Zoe Antoniou1, Govindarajan Krishnamurthi1, Franklin Reynolds2
  • 1: Nokia Research Center, 5 Wayside Road, Burlington, MA, 01803
  • 2: Nokia Research Centre, 12278 Scripps Summit Drive, San Diego, CA, 92131

Abstract

This paper presents an architecture for easy configuration and intuitive interaction between non-expert users and smart devices. It employs RFID (NFC) object tagging to enable service discovery through simple touch gestures. With this new paradigm, the physical space becomes an extension of the traditional mobile device GUI. In addition, an extensible RFID tag record is described that can be used in a variety of service discovery scenarios. A brief security analysis is included to address potential threats. The proposed approach is further illustrated through a technical realisation based on the UPnP framework. An example use case is selected and the step-by-step process of self-configuration, service discovery and user interaction is described