An RFID-Based Access and Location Service for Pervasive Grids

Grid computing and pervasive computing have rapidly emerged andaffirmed as paradigms for high performance computing and for user-friendlycomputing respectively. These two separate worlds, however, can now interacteach other in such a way that both pervasive and grid computing communitiescan benefit from integrating the two paradigms into a whole. This conjunctionis already taking place to yield the pervasive grid computing model, and thepresent paper is focused on this approach. Purposely, it describes anAccess&Location service for pervasive grid applications which uses RFID andWiFi technologies to grant access and locate mobile objects within a pervasiveenvironment. Since this service is compliant to the OGSA specifications, it canbe easily integrated into classic grid environments, therefore enhancing themwith pervasive capabilities.