Oracle

Sensor Edge Services

Nikolay Manchev

� Edge Servercollects observations and

drives readers.

� Forwards events to database

tier for distribution

� Applications Receives “relevant”

events from App Server. Business processes

based on Sensor data.

� Antenna receives power

and analog signal from

reader

� Converts radio signal to

and from analog electrical

signals.

� Chip on tag

stores

information.

� Sensor Data ManagementEnhanced the overall model,

provides archive, stateful rules based distribution, support for

agents technology.

� RFID Tag contains RFID chip,

power source (inductive or

batter) and antennae..

� Reader communicates with

the tags in range to read all

tags identifiers and memory (payload)...

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Hardware & Physics

Information Technology

Analyze

Capture Respond

Manage

Access

appropriate, filtered information from a variety different readers and sensors.

the captured data in a ‘single source of truth’ that is scalable,

reliable, and secure.

the data in real-time to provide business intelligence and business activity monitoring for continuous process improvement.

the information any time, anywhere by all the appropriate people, applications and business process.

to the evolution of information (events) automatically and allow for people to manage by exception – normally react to non-events

Real Time Enterprise

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Architecture Overview

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Edge Server

� Collect Sensor Data• RFID Readers, RFID Label Printers,

Temp. Sensors, Laser Diodes, etc

� Cleanse and Normalize Sensor Data• Cleanse, Normalize, Filter observations• Only “Relevant” events are forwarded

� Dispatch Sensor Data• Deliver Sensor Data to various distribution

systems

� Device Management• Manage and Monitor Sensors and

Response Devices• Sensors, Light Stacks, Message Boards,

Carousels, etc

� Process Instructions• Local Processing• Send instructions to Display/Notification

Devices

Feature Overview

Event Processing: Collection

� Plug-and-play architecture

� Extendable driver framework

� Applications are device diagnostic

� Support for sensor, reader, printers and notification devices

� Out-of-the-box Drivers:• Readers: Alien, Intermec, SAMSys,

Symbol/Matrics, Tyco, etc.

• Printers: Intermec, Printronics, Sato, Zebra, etc.

• Display/ Notification: Animation, Audio,EdgeSimulator, Prolite, Patlite

Event Processing: Filtering

� Remove unwanted or low-level events

� Extendable framework

� Filters can be applied to single devices or logical groups

� Support for simple, aggregate and programmable filtering

� Built-in Filters• Pass Filter, Movement Filter, Shelf Filter, Cross

Reader Filter, Check Tag Filter, Pallet Shelf Filter, Pallet Pass Filter, Debug Filer

� Local Processing• JavaScript Filter, RegexFilter

Filters: Examples

back-store front-store

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Shipping and Receiving Gate

Pallet Pass-Thru Filter

Application interested in

knowing if groups of items,

boxes or pallets have just

passed thru a gate, as one unit.

All tags read within a certain

threshold will be aggregated as

one event

Redundant (Matrix) Readers

Cross-Reader Filter

To increase read accuracy, it is

possible to place antennae or even

readers in a row . If one misses it

due to orientation or other reasons,

the other could pick it up. However

to the application, all it cares about is the item is read – not which

reader(s) in the group read it.

Overlapping Grid Readers

Cross-Reader Filter

A group of readers can be

positioned close together with

overlapping fields to make sure that

the entire area is covered.

However, the applications only want

a single measurement, coming from

the reader that is closest to the tag

at the time. The conflict is resolved

based on read stats.

Smart Shelves (boxes/pallets)

Shelf Filter

Boxes and pallets are stored on

smart shelves until the items inside

are needed. Applications wants to

know if a whole box or a pallet with

all its items are moved in or out of a

shelf, as a single observation.

Unpacked ItemsPass-Thru Filter

After unpacking, the items are

moved into the retail area for

replenishment. Each item entering

the retail area is tracked as a

separate entity.

Smart Shelves (items)

Shelf Filter

Although physically items are

scanned all the time on a smart

shelf, the application is only

interested in when an item is put on

the shelf, and when an item is taken

out of it. In other words, INFIELD

and OUTFIELD events.

Is this thing on? CheckTag Filter

The most reliable way to know if a

reader is functioning is to place a “check tag” in the reader’s field,

which has a unique ID branded that

the filter looks for. If the tag cannot

be read for a certain amount of

time, a system error message will

be sent out. This could be applied

to any readers.

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Filters: Examples

back-store front-store

trash

shipping

receiving

replenishment

unpacking stations

storage area

sm

art s

helv

es

checkout

Shipping and Receiving Gate

Pallet Pass-Thru Filter

Application interested in

knowing if groups of items,

boxes or pallets have just

passed thru a gate, as one unit.

All tags read within a certain

threshold will be aggregated as

one event

Redundant (Matrix) Readers

Cross-Reader Filter

To increase read accuracy, it is

possible to place antennae or even

readers in a row . If one misses it

due to orientation or other reasons,

the other could pick it up. However

to the application, all it cares about is the item is read – not which

reader(s) in the group read it.

Overlapping Grid Readers

Cross-Reader Filter

A group of readers can be

positioned close together with

overlapping fields to make sure that

the entire area is covered.

However, the applications only want

a single measurement, coming from

the reader that is closest to the tag

at the time. The conflict is resolved

based on read stats.

Smart Shelves (boxes/pallets)

Shelf Filter

Boxes and pallets are stored on

smart shelves until the items inside

are needed. Applications wants to

know if a whole box or a pallet with

all its items are moved in or out of a

shelf, as a single observation.

Unpacked ItemsPass-Thru Filter

After unpacking, the items are

moved into the retail area for

replenishment. Each item entering

the retail area is tracked as a

separate entity.

Smart Shelves (items)

Shelf Filter

Although physically items are

scanned all the time on a smart

shelf, the application is only

interested in when an item is put on

the shelf, and when an item is taken

out of it. In other words, INFIELD

and OUTFIELD events.

Is this thing on? CheckTag Filter

The most reliable way to know if a

reader is functioning is to place a “check tag” in the reader’s field,

which has a unique ID branded that

the filter looks for. If the tag cannot

be read for a certain amount of

time, a system error message will

be sent out. This could be applied

to any readers.

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Event Processing: Dissemination

� Allow different ways to communicate with applications (dispatching)

� Extendable dispatcher framework

� Built in Dispatchers:• WebServices Dispatcher

• Http-Dispatcher

• StreamsDispatcherV2

• EventFlowDispatcher:

• Actions based on hiearchical state machine

• AleDispatcher:

• Support for notify subscribers or ALE or IS queries

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Event Processing: Dissemination

Administration: Admin Console

� EM support for managing instances

� Task Oriented User Interface

� Centralized administration with thin client

� Topology browser to navigate between instances

� Support for common operation and administration tasks: adding, configuring and removing devices, filters, dispatchers and the system itself

Administration: JMX

� JMX Support

• Programmable Interface to control and

manage objects

• All objects modeled as JMX MBeans

• Support for remote JMX access

• Browser Based JMX Console (EM)

• SNMP Support using JMX/SNMP bridging

Administration: Security

� All connections managed by container (JNDI)

� No connection or security sensitive information stored in edge domain

� Support for encryption on parameters

� Support for OWSM for all WS interface

security (e.g. Ses Events, ALE, IS, etc)

� All UI uses JAZN and roll based user management from the container and EM

Lower the cost of managing, deploying and maintaining your sensor infrastructure.

Sensor Edge Server Benefits

� Lowers deployment and development costs• Packaged Drivers and Filters

• Easy Device Integration

• Easy Filtering Dispatching Extension

• Streams based Application Integration

� Lower management and maintenance costs• Sensor Device Management and Sensor Edge Server

Management

• Easy hardware upgrading

• Hardware detail abstraction

• Standards Compliance

EVENT SOURCES