Rfid Technology and Applications

by Edited by Stephen B. Miles , Sanjay E. Sarma , John R. Williams

• ISBN13: 9780521169615
• ISBN10: 0521169615
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-14
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Are you an engineer or manager working on the development and implementation of RFID technology? If so, this book is for you. Covering both passive and active RFID systems, the challenges to RFID implementation are addressed using specific industry research examples and common integration issues. Key topics include RF tag performance optimization, evaluation methodologies for RFID and Real-Time-Location Systems (RTLS) and sensors, EPC network simulation, RFID in the retail supply chain, and applications in product lifecycle management, anti-counterfeiting and cold chain management. The book brings together insights from world's leading research laboratories in the field, including the Auto-ID Labs at MIT, successor to the Auto-ID Center which developed the Electronic Product Code scheme which is set to become the global standard for product identification.MIT Auto-ID Labs's suite of Open Source code and tools for RFID implementation is available at www.cambridge.org/9780521880930.

Table of Contents

Preface

List of contributors

Introduction to RFID history and markets

RFID technology and its applications

RFID tag performance optimization - a chip perspective

Resolution and integration of HF and UHF

Integrating sensors and actuators into RFID tags

Performance evaluation of WiFi RFID localization technologies

Modeling supply chain network traffic

Deployment considerations for active RFID systems

RFID in the retail supply chain - issues and opportunities

Reducing barriers to ID system adoption in the aerospace industry - the aerospace ID technologies programme

The cold chain J. P. Emond

The application of RFID as anticounterfeiting technique - issues & opportunities

Closing product information loops with product embedded information devices: RFID technology and applications, models and metrics

Moving from RFID to autonomous cooperating logistic processes

Conclusions

Appendix: Links to RFID technology and applications resources

RFID interface specifications

Test capabilities (in the order of chapters as presented);

Simulation environments

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