A Spatial Computing Approach for Integrity Checking of Objects Groups

Abstract

Integrity checking is important in many activities, such as logistic, telecommunication or even day to day tasks such as checking for someone missing in a group. While the computing and telecommunication worlds commonly use digital integrity checking, many activities from the real world do not beneficiate from automatic mechanisms for ensuring integrity. We propose a spatial computing approach where groups of physical objects tagged with RFID chips are similar to network packets and group integrity can be checked at relevant places.

Spatial awareness in pervasive ecosystems

“…By contrast, some systems take an intrinsic view of space, where digital information is associated with physical objects, and their surrounding physical space and mobility is leveraged to support computing process. The spatial configuration of objects and their movements implicitly control an information system, and there is no explicit space representation beyond the local one implemented by the physical space itself [Banâtre et al, 2010]. One way in which Banâtre et al illustrate this concept is the example of a Ubi-bus system in which a token generated by a pedestrian while in the area of the bus stop signals the bus stop to requests the bus to stop as it approaches.…”