RFID-based tracing for wine supply chain. (2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rahman, Md Arafatur
• Is Part Of: International journal of communication networks and distributed systems. Volume 16:Number 1(2016)
• Page Start: 48
• Page End: 70
• Publication Date: 2016
• Subjects: component tracing -- radio frequency identification -- RFID -- wireless mesh networks -- WMNs -- wine supply chains -- supply chain management -- SCM -- wine industry -- product quality -- wireless networks -- numerical simulation; Computer networks -- Periodicals; Telecommunication systems -- Periodicals; Electronic data processing -- Distributed processing -- Periodicals; 004.6
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1754-3916

Abstract

Component tracing plays an important role in the wine industry in order to know the product quality during wine supply chain (i.e., from grape to glass). It is one of the main applications of radio frequency identification, which is a key technology due to its ever increasing demands. To adopt the feature of component traceability with the wine industry, it is necessary to design a wireless infrastructure along with this technology. In this paper, we design a wireless network infrastructure for such industry with the objective to trace the components (e.g., pallet, container and beverage bottle) during the wine supply chain process. Firstly, we design a wireless mesh network for both indoor and outdoor scenarios. Then, we incorporate the radio frequency identification technology with the network infrastructure for tracing the components. Finally, the performance of the network is analysed by means of numerical simulations. The simulation results reveal the effectiveness of the proposal.