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Type Details
Applicable Interface for communication between the RFID reader and the applicable server
Interface system
Network Network service function required in the applicable RFID service operation

Data protection Data protection function required in the RFID tag/reader and applicable systems

Figure 37 – RFID Elements

2.3.3 Energy harvesting
Taking advantage of different forms of energy, or through strategies of collecting the passage of
people, cars, differences in salinity, currents of air through small devices, etc., is something that
should happen in a smart sustainable city. Energy harvesters also provide a very small amount of
power for low‐energy electronics. Many sensors related to IoT, for example could feed themselves
the required energy units.

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Role of the technology
Environmental monitoring or reducing environmental burden of application areas using ICT in SSC
requires sensing network to collect data used in those areas.
To reduce the environmental burden of the sensing network itself, it is required to lessen
environmental burden of the sensing devices. Sensing networks generally use an enormous number
of sensing devices.

Definition of the technology
Energy harvesting technology is the technology that derives energy from the surrounding
environment (environmental energy), such as light, vibrations, heat and radio waves, and converts
it into electricity in order to move sensing devices, process signals and convey data through wireless
networks without being supplied with electricity from any external sources such as batteries. Using
environmental energy allows us to save maintenance costs for power cables and the replacement
of batteries.
Energy harvesting technology is composed of technology of generating electricity from
environmental energy and that of storing the electricity that enables it to be used stably.

Figure 38 – Control Technology to prevent decreased CPU performance

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17 Corresponds to a contribution of FUJITSU (Japan) by document FG‐SSC‐0032

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