Intuitive Service Discovery in RFID-enhanced networks

This paper presents an architecture for easy configuration and intuitive interaction between non-expert users and smart devices. It employs RFID (NFC) object tagging to enable service discovery through simple touch gestures. With this new paradigm, the physical space becomes an extension of the traditional mobile device GUI. In addition, an extensible RFID tag record is described that can be used in a variety of service discovery scenarios. A brief security analysis is included to address potential threats. The proposed approach is further illustrated through a technical realisation based on the UPnP framework. An example use case is selected and the step-by-step process of self-configuration, service discovery and user interaction is described