Generally, because individual agricultural product possesses its own distinctive characteristics and shows different characteristics at each stage of the agricultural supply chain, it is necessary to develop a proper enterprise architecture for managing information system. In this paper, we propose an enterprise architecture based on RFID/USN technology that can be used as a reference enterprise architecture for u-IT application in the agriculture sectors, which is called the u-Farm enterprise architecture with taking heterogeneous characteristics of agricultural products into account for. In addition, we also developed the RFID/USN middleware platform as a core infrastructure technology. Fo evaluation of the performance of the proposed u-Farm architecture and the RFID/USN middleware platform, the field-trial evaluation at the apple Agricultural Processing Center (APC) has been executed and the results shows that the proposed architecture and platform perform well in terms of information integration over the whole SCM process from the farming stage to delivering statge to the customers. It is expected that the proposed u-Farm enterprise architecture can be utilized as a standard information architecture, and the RFID/USN middleware platform can be a infrastructure platform for future u-IT based information technology applications and services in the agricultural environment.

Many systems using RFID/USN were and are being developed. Some systems are used in practice and some are not. Generally, the main reasons not being used are: The prices of chips are too high considering the effects. The application domain is not appropriate for RFID/USN. So, various skills for higher sensing precision have been introduced like using multiple sensors and avoiding metals which deter sensings seriously. Now, it is time to evaluate systems which were developed using RFID/USN technology. However, no systematic approach has been made for the evaluation. In this paper, a framework using BSC is introduced for the evaluation of systems using RFID/USN. In this framework, some Critical Success Factors(CSF) are derived and some Key Performance Indices(KPI) are developed for each CSF.

Discussion in this article will center around introducing RFID/USN technology and exploring feasibility of applying the technology to agricultural area, based on actual pilot project done at the fisheries in Jeju Province, South Korea. The case in this article will suggest some factors needed to consider in applying RFID/USN system to the agricultural business.

Nowadays ubiquitous sensor network (USN) has been considered as a key technique in all kinds of industrial area. The main purpose of this study is to search and analyze systems in real industrial fields based on USN. USN technique has been applied into various industrial fields such as ground/underground management system, visitor counter system, monitoring system, unmanned vehicles system and so on. The result of this study will be fruitful not only for researches but also for practices in industrial fields related to USN.

Recently ubiquitous sensor network(USN) technique has been applied into various industrial fields such as construction of u-city, civil and architectural engineering, medical areas. The main objective of this paper is to design a u-health system based on USN. Compared to the previous researches, the proposed system in this paper was designed to activate with collected information about health in outdoor environment.

The purposes of this research are presenting a new business model by introducing USN/ZigBee and measuring productivity using BSC(Balanced scorecard), and becoming a cornerstone by presenting a prototype of ServiceScience which is getting more attention from Industrial Engineering and Management. The new business model consists of development of leak current monitoring sensor using USN/ZigBee and the adoption of RCM(Reliability-Centered Maintenance) using knowledge-based system at current distribution. Additionally, for the measurement of this new model's productivity, ESC is used, and the strategic map and measurement indices are produced. The main contributions of this paper are showing a concrete model of ServiceScience and demonstrating this model can be extended to similar areas like are gas, water etc.

Payment and security requirement are playing an increasingly critical role in RFID system, allegedly the core of the ubiquitous, especially in logistics. Therefore, security technology has been playing essential role gradually unlike the past when only the perception of equipment was considered important technology. The current encoding system allows the access only to the user who has the secret key. Many encoding algorithm has been studied to ensure the security of secret key. Security protocol is the most typical way to authorize appropriate user perception by using the data and secret key to proceed the encoding and transmit it to the system in order to confirm the user. However, RFID system which transmits more than dozens of data per second cannot be used if the algorithm and protocol of the existing wired system are used because the performance will degrade as a consequence. Security protocol needs to be designed in consideration of property of RFID and hardware. In this paper, a protocol was designed using SNEP(Sensor Network Encryption Protocol), the security protocol used for the sensor similar to RFID- not the current system used in wired environment- and ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography: oval curve encoding), the encoding algorithm.

The objectives of this research have been focussed on 1) developing prediction techniques for the flash flood and landslide based on rainfall prediction data in agricultural area and 2) developing an integrated forecasting system for the abrupt disasters using USN based real-time disaster sensing techniques. This study contains following steps to achieve the objective; 1) selecting rainfall prediction data, 2) constructing prediction techniques for flash flood and landslide, 3) developing USN and communication network protocol for detecting the abrupt disaster suitable for rural area, & 4) developing mobile application and SMS based early warning service system for local resident and tourist. Local prediction model (LDAPS , UM1.5km) supported by Korean meteorological administration was used for the rainfall prediction by considering spatial and temporal resolution. NRCS TR-20 and infinite slope stability analysis model were used to predict flash flood and landslide. There are limitations in terms of communication distance and cost using Zigbee and CDMA which have been used for existing disaster sensors. Rural suitable sensor-network module for water level and tilting gauge and gateway based on proprietary RF network were developed by consideration of low-cost, low-power, and long-distance for communication suitable for rural condition. SMS & mobile application forecasting & alarming system for local resident and tourist was set up for minimizing damage on the critical regions for abrupt disaster. The developed H/W & S/W for integrated abrupt disaster forecasting & alarming system was verified by field application.

In this paper, we improve the performance of the current port operating systems management and harbor structures & control natural disasters U-ubiquitous sensor networks to maximize the intelligent by intelligence, such as alarms and prevention of the capabilities of the existing port system through efficient operating plan. Provide these services, so the situation is very important to gain the upper hand from the competition between port propose the port of time to increase the economic efficiency through the convergence of IT technologies such as RFID, RTLS, and smart phones, sensors & shorter lead times, unattended, automated green harbor full system.

최근 세계가 빠른 속도로 발전하여 교량의 장대화등 특수교량이 늘어나며 예측할 수 없는 대형 자연재해와 인명피해가 발생하는 상황에서 보다 지능적인 점검 시스템이 필요한 상황이다. 교량 유지관리는 안전점검을 통하여 교량의 수명을 최대화 하며 사고발생을 예측할 수 있는 만큼 중요시 되지만, 현재 시행되고 있는 구조물의 점검은 대부분 육안점검이나 수동 측정 장비에 의존하고 있을 뿐만 아니라 접근이 가능한 구간에만 국한되어 있으며, 기존의 모니터링 시스템은 계측만을 위하여 사용되어 지고 있어 계측을 통한 안전확보가 미흡한 상태이다. 따라서 교량의 신축⋅회전 변위흡수, 하중전달의 역할을 하는 핵심적인 교좌장치의 기존 점검방식 문제점을 개선한 유비쿼터스 자동점검시스템을 제시하며 USN(Ubiquitous Sensor Network)기술과 LVDT, 센서를 이용하여 실시간 교좌장치 이동변위를 전송받고, 이동변위의 설정된 한계 값을 초과할시 교량관리 시스템에서 자동으로 액추에이터를 구동하여 VMS와 SMS를 통해 정보를 제공하는 자동점검시스템을 개발하는데 목적이 있다.

최근 들어 수질 환경 문제가 많이 발생함으로서 사회적으로 큰 이슈가 되고 있다. 오염된 하천을 회복시키기는 많은 비용과 장기간의 시간이 소요됨을 볼 때 하천 수질관리 시스템이 얼마나 중요한지 알 수 있다. 하지만 현재 관리시스템은 현장 조사와 단순모니터링에 의존하여 실시간으로 하천수질상태를 측정, 알림, 통보하는 것이 불가능하다. 이에 본 논문에서는 하천에 유량이 유입되는 주요지점에 수중환경감지 센서설치 및 USN, 수중환경 프로그램 개발을 통하여 주변오염지역 감지 및 수중환경상태를 실시간 감지하여 이상 징후 발생이 예상되는 시설물을 D/B 관리하는 지능형 수중환경 관리 시스템을 제시하고자 한다.

본 논문은 재난재해와 방사선 오염으로부터 안전한 농작물 관리를 위한 플랫폼, 그리고 식물 생장 모니터링 시스템 을 제안하였다. 또한, 식물생장을 모니터링하여 식물공장 내에서 생장하는 식물의 크기를 효율적으로 측정할 수 있는 시스템을 개발하였다. 본 연구에 따른 기대효과는 첫째, 자연재해와 방사능오염 감시를 통해 신속하고 정확한 대처 기능으로 농산물 품질 과 생산성 향상을 가져올 수 있다. 둘째, 식물의 크기 측정 데이터를 유지 관리하는데 소요되는 시간을 절약하여 경비 를 절감할 수 있다. 마지막으로 식물 공장 관리자의 작업 효율을 향상시킬 수 있다.