1. 28 May ~ 2 June, 2006 HyoungJun KIM TTA/ETRI
SOURCE:
TTA
TITLE:
Standardization topics on network based RFID services and Cooperation for harmonized standards development
AGENDA ITEM:
Joint 4.7
CONTACT:
Hyoungjun KIM, ETRI,
GSC11(06)_JOINT_55
Standardization topics on network based RFID services and Cooperation for harmonized standards development
28 May ~ 2 June, 2006
HyoungJun KIM
TTA/ETRI
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2. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications
GSC-10 Resolution (1/3)
GSC-10 recognized
that, in the past, applications of RFID were focused on systems working in a local environment and on specific areas like logistic, supply chain management, access control, etc. and there is now a wide potential range of applications for both B2B (Business to Business) and B2C (Business to Consumer) use;
that RFID are increasingly becoming integrated elements of complex applications, for which networking capabilities are needed; and telecommunications services can also includes service capabilities based on RFID (e.g. RFID reader in mobile phones for presence indication, mobile payment, local information retrieval); and so on.
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3. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications
GSC-10 Resolution (2/3)
GSC-10 considered
that international standards for a number of applications already exist and that additional standards are necessary for effective global solution deployment in both B2B & B2C scenarios;
that different standards organisations are best positioned to produce the different types of standards necessary;
that the ITU has a technology watch initiative on RFID; and that ISO/IEC is developing international standards for aspects of the RFID systems solution;
the importance of the coordination in the development of global standards due to the complexity of the subject in terms of technical, regulatory (e.g. radio communication and spectrum issues), communication interface (i.e. networking) and legal aspects; and so on.
GSC-10 considered additional standards are necessary for effective global solution deployment in both B2B & B2C scenarios; different standards organisations are best positioned to produce the different types of standards necessary; and the importance of the coordination in the development of global standards.
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4. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications
GSC-10 Resolution (3/3)
GSC-10 resolved
To encourage Participating Standards Organizations (PSOs) and other standards bodies to develop globally compatible RFID standards, including frequency use, radio requirements, system protocols and Automatic Identification Data Capture (AIDC) type network interfaces;
To consider both radio issues and telecommunications issues for RFID/AIDC standardization; and so on.
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5. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications
Proposal
Some added and revised texts are proposed to be included in the RFID HIS resolution of the GSC-11 meeting.
GSC-11 recognized:
There are many new standardization topics on networked B2B, B2C and B2B2C RFID applications; and
A focus group is taken into account at ITU-T to create a common work place for all RFID matters.
GSC-11 considered:
Close cooperation with SDOs is required due to different and limited work scopes.
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6. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications
Proposal
GSC-11 resolved:
To encourage harmonized standards development; and
To make a formal procedure of ITU-T with PSOs and SDOs to set up close cooperation for and develop harmonized and globally compatible RFID-related standards.
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7. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications
RFID developed in B2B
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8. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications
RFID evolved in B2C
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9. New challenges in B2C RFID
Existing RFID-related standards cover only B2B RFID.
Characteristics of B2B and B2C
B2C
B2B
Goal
Content distribution
Work flow automation
Service user
Human
Business logic
Service terminal
Cell phones
PDA, PC, POS, etc.
Contents
information, voice, music, game, video, etc.
Contents for the five senses of human
Business-related Information
Network
Expensive wireless network based
Low cost wire network based
User property
Dynamic
Static
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10. Standardization topics (1/6)
Rationale: new service requirements require more standards and some extensions.
Service requirements analysis
Existing ARP (Application Requirements Profile) is for B2B applications.
B2C and B2B2C have different requirements.
Reader, tag and smartcard integration
B2C terminal needs reader, tag and smartcard features all together.
Application data protocol extension
ISO/IEC might need some extensions to support tag-based B2C RFID applications.
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11. Standardization topics (2/6)
ID code identification
A variety of code schemes and even private codes exist.
How to distinguish them and how to process a code need to be defined.
ID code representation
A processed ID code is just a bit string.
How to denote ID needs to be defined.
Ex.: 1.2.3, 1:2:3, 123, etc.
Ex.: 0xCF.0x8E.0x83.0xEB, , , etc.
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12. Standardization topics (3/6)
ID code naming
“ ” is IPv4 address or ID?
Name is much better than numeric code.
A unique name is needed. (ex. urn:ip:v4: )
Application data encoding
ISO/IEC & provides a framework of tag data encoding.
EPCglobal provides its tag data format.
But, application user data encoding is not specified yet.
One-code, multi-uses requirement
A single code must be associated with a single physical object and multiple logical objects.
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13. Standardization topics (4/6)
Code resolution protocol
A resolution infrastructure needs to be established.
Candidate protocols: DNS, IRIS, X.500, LDAP, etc.
ENUM extension, in case of using DNS,
“e.164.arpa” is a special domain for E.164 resolution into a URI.
Another special domain will be helpful for a code resolution into a URI.
Directory interoperability
There may be many different directory infra. (ex. EPC directory via ONS, Japan’s UID directory, IRIS directory, Korea’s ODS directory, etc.)
Directory interoperability needs to be considered.
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14. Standardization topics (5/6)
Reader management protocol
JTC 1/SC 31 and EPCglobal are working on this, but focusing on B2B-purposes readers.
B2C models have different requirements for B2C-purposes reader systems.
Service gateway architecture
Service broker may be exploited for B2C to give subscribers value-added services.
Architecture and relevant protocols need to be considered.
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15. Standardization topics (6/6)
Password acquisition protocol
kill and lock features require a proper password.
Privacy control architecture and protocols
Private information may be leaked easily.
A privacy control architecture may be exploited to manage access privileges to private information.
Relevant protocols may be followed.
Adult verification
Even boys and girls below 10 are using cell phones. ID applications can make they access to adult contents very easily.
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16. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications
Relevant SDOs (1/3)
ITU-T
Covers application and network aspects of identification including RFID.
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31/WG 4
Covers the scope between tags and an RFID application system via multiple RFID readers except for application and network aspects.
WG 4/SG 1 deals with application interface protocol and data encoding.
WG 4/SG 3 deals with air interface protocols.
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17. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications
Relevant SDOs (2/3)
EPCglobal
Has more extended work scopes including application and network aspects than ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31/WG 4. But it focuses on B2B applications.
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17
Deals with smartcard issues, for examples, air interface protocols, data encoding, etc.
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27
Deals with security techniques.
IETF
Deals with directory-related issues such as LDAP, DNS, etc.
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18. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications
Relevant SDOs (3/3)
OMA
Deals with content negotiation for cell phone environment
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19. Conclusion and Proposal (1/3)
Relevant SDOs have different work scopes.
There are many prospective additions and extensions to existing RFID-related standards. Due to limited work scopes,
Some of them correspond to ITU-T’s prospective work items;
Some of them correspond to cooperation work items with other SDOs; and
Some of them are likely to be other SDOs’ work items.
Therefore, close cooperation is required to develop harmonized and globally compatible RFID-related standards.
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20. Conclusion and Proposal (2/3)
A leading formal action of ITU-T is required to set up close cooperation with PSOs and SDOs and develop harmonized and globally compatible RFID-related standards.
So this contribution proposes following added and revised texts:
GSC-11 recognized:
There are many new standardization topics on networked B2B, B2C and B2B2C RFID applications; and
A focus group is taken into account at ITU-T to create a common work place for all RFID matters.
GSC-11 considered:
Close cooperation with SDOs is required due to different and limited work scopes.
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21. Conclusion and Proposal (3/3)
GSC-11 resolved:
To encourage harmonized standards development; and
To make a leading formal procedure of ITU-T to set up close cooperation with PSOs and SDOs and develop harmonized and globally compatible RFID-related standards.
GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications