[Rfid] Control Plane Architectural Elements

Margaret Wasserman <margaret@thingmagic.com> Fri, 22 July 2005 18:57 UTC

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Hi All,

I made this diagram of what I think the architectural elements should 
be in the Reader control plane:

                    +----------+   +----------+
		   |  Single  |   |  Multi-  |
                    |  Reader  |   |  Reader  |
		   |   App    |   |   App    |
                    +----------+   +----------+
       +- - - - - - - - -|- - - - - - - |- - - - -+
       | Basic           |       +- - - |- - - - -|- - - - - - +
       | Reader          |       | +----V-----+   |      Smart |
       | Controller      |       | |  Multi-  |   |     Reader |
       |                 |       | |  Reader  |   | Controller |
       |                 |       | |Controller|   |            |
       |                 |       | +----------+   |            |
       |                 |       +- - - |- - - - -|- - - - - - +
+- - -|- - - - - - - - -|- - - - - - - |- - - -+ |
|     |            +----V--------------V----+  | |
|     |            |         Single         |  | |
|     |            |         Reader         |  | |
|     |            |       Controller       |  | |
|     |            +------------------------+  | |
|     +- - - - - - - - - - - - -|- - - - - - - |-+
|                +- - - - - - - |- - - - - - - |- - - - - - - +
|                | +------------V-----------+  |              |
|                | |        Low-Level       |  |              |
|                | |          RFID          |  |              |
|                | |        Funcitons       |  |        Basic |
|Smart           | +------------------------+  |       Reader |
|Reader          +- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -|- - - - - - - +
+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - +


As you can see, I think that we should separate the control plane 
into separate multi-reader and single reader control elements, to 
allow flexibility regarding the "intelligence" level of readers and 
the corresponding interface for controllers.

If I get a chance, I will make a similar diagram for the data plane, 
where I also beleive that there shold be more than two architectural 
elements.

Thoughts?

Margaret

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