Applicability of RFID Object Identification System as Cyber Physical System for Disaster Management

ABSTRACT Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a wireless contactless technology which can be used to track objects, animals and human beings in real time. Cyber Physical System (CPS) enables technological advances in different domains such as emergency management, transportation networks, smart manufacturing, health care..etc., Focus of this paper is to develop a Cyber Physical System for emergency response during disaster using RFID technology. This technology can be used to track and trace victims in a disaster situation and helps in quick decision making. In this research an attempt has been to develop an intelligent cyber physical system to track the exhibit carrying the tag and fetch and display detailed information about the exhibit from the database in real time during disaster. A middleware (software application) in .net C# has also been developed using a short range RFID System to implement the idea.