0 Internetworking Objects with RFID Rune Hylsberg Jacobsen, Qi Zhang, and Thomas Skjødebjerg Toftegaard Aarhus School of Engineering, Aarhus University Denmark 1. Introduction The Internet of Things refers to the networked interconnection of everyday objects. Everyday objects, such as cars, coffee cups, refrigerators, bathtubs, and more advanced, loosely coupled, computer resources and information services will be in interaction range of each others and will communicate with one another. The Internet of Things has the potential to be used by billions of independent devices co-operating in large or small combinations, and in shared or separated federations. It is going to be based on information about objects in the physical world and their respective surroundings. This information will be provided by “the things”, as they obtain and reveal information through RFID, wireless sensors and communication devices embedded in systems or worn by users. Through unique addressing schemes these things are able to be networked with each other on a global scale and to cooperate with neighbors and remote systems to reach common goals. During the last few years an increasing number of conferences, workshops, research projects and coordinated actions on a global as well as European level shape the current understanding of the important topics of RFID and Future Internet including Internet of Things. Buckley (2006) summarized recent trends in Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) integration with Internet of Thing. The coordinated action CE RFID in Europe has published a Final report on RFID and its applications. In the report edited by Wiebking et al. (2008), a comprehensive summary of RFID and its applications are provided. In a recent publication, Khoo (2010) reviews current RFID technology, its usage, and the necessary development required for RFID technology to enable the Internet of Things. Atzori et al. (2010) describes how the basic idea is to have the pervasive presence around us by using a variety of things or objects such as RFID tags, sensors, actuators, mobile phones etc. The vision of an Internet of Things powered by next generation RFID has many potential advantages. It offers new industrial opportunities for the Information Communication Technology (ICT) market, and enable a breakthrough improvement in process efficiency and product/service quality in several application scenarios, such as environmental monitoring, e-health, intelligent transportation systems, military, and industrial plant monitoring. Moreover, it increases the usefulness of the Internet to the majority of citizens, who are interested in getting physical support to their daily needs. RFID devices and systems are showing significant potentials in applications from manufacturing, security, logistics, airline baggage management to postal tracking. The technology enables an organization to re-engineer its business processes and to increase the efficiency that results in lower costs and higher effectiveness. Manufacturers and distributors deploy RFID to handle the logistical overload that results from the large increase in global sales from electronic commerce or to improve the efficiency of an enterprise supply chain. 18 www.intechopen.com