Tracing and tracking individual items is very important for many popular applications. For example, companies can perform product recalls promptly from the market whenever they find something wrong with their products. RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology holds the promise for uniquely identifying, and therefore tracking, individual objects. By placing RFID tag readers at various locations, the movement of tagged objects can be tracked when they travel through e.g., the supply chain.

 In this project, we will implement an algorithm realising peer-to-peer tracking of objects in a networked RFID environment. The algorithm is important when the tracking happens in large scale and distributed environment to overcome issues like scalability and performance.

The aim of the project is to realize the P2P algorithm in a networked RFID environment. The student should understand (develop) the algorithm, implement it, and finally demonstrate the results. He/she also needs to write up a report about the work, which is hoped to be published in an international conference.  

The student will obtain sound and fundamental knowledge of this emerging research and development area and gain research skills and experience. He/she will have an opportunity to be trained on doing research. The project could lead the student to develop interests in RFID and sensor networks.