Towards an Extensible Agent-Based Middleware for Sensor Networks and RFID Systems

Sensor networks as well as RFID systems are among the hyped technologies nowadays. A lot of research e orts have been spent to develop standards, middleware and applications. The industry already made large investments to foster the adoption of these technologies, consequently pushing the development, and already deployed the resulting technologies in different domains. However, the addressed technologies are still very young, best practices as well as standards are expected to frequently change, as new demands arise when using the technologies in the everyday life.