RFID A Guide to Radio Frequency Identification

✍ Scribed by V. Daniel Hunt, Albert Puglia, Mike Puglia,

• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 241
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book provides an introduction to RFID technology. It describes and addresses the following: How RFID works, how it is and can be used in current and future applications. The History of RFID technology, the current state of practice and where RFID is expected to be taken in the future. The role of middleware software to route data between the RFID network and the information technology systems within an organization.   Commercial and government use of RFID technology with an emphasis on a wide range of applications including retail and consumer packaging, transportation and distribution of products, industrial and manufacturing operations, security and access control. Industry standards and the regulatory compliance environment and finally, the privacy issues faced by the public and industry regarding the deployment of RFID technology.

✦ Table of Contents

RFID-A GUIDE TO RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 10
PREFACE......Page 14
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 22
STAFF ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 24
ABOUT THE AUTHORS......Page 26
1.1 What Is RFID?......Page 28
1.2 What Explains the Current Interest in RFID Technology?......Page 29
1.3 Goals of This Book......Page 31
2.1 The Three Core Components of an RFID System......Page 32
2.2 RFID Tags......Page 33
2.3 RFID Interrogators......Page 36
2.5 Frequency......Page 38
2.6 Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) Systems......Page 43
2.7 “Smart” Tags vs. Bar Codes......Page 47
2.8 RFID Technology in Supply Chain Management......Page 50
3.1 The Convergence of Three Technologies......Page 52
3.2 Milestones in RFID and the Speed of Adoption......Page 53
3.3 RFID in the Future......Page 56
4.1 What Is RFID Middleware?......Page 60
4.3 Core Functions of RFID Middleware......Page 61
4.4 Middleware as Part of an RFID System—The EPC Architecture......Page 62
4.6 Middleware Vendors......Page 65
5.1 Introduction......Page 66
5.2 Effect of the Wal-Mart and Department of Defense Mandates......Page 67
5.3 Strategic Dimensions of the Wal-Mart and DoD Mandates......Page 68
5.4 RFID Technology for Business Applications......Page 71
5.5 RFID and Supply Chain Management......Page 73
5.6 The Business Case for RFID......Page 78
5.7 Government Use of RFID Technology......Page 84
5.8 RFID and the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain......Page 87
5.9 RFID Implanted in Humans......Page 91
6.1 Introduction......Page 94
6.2 RFID Technology in Homeland Security......Page 95
6.3 RFID in Law Enforcement......Page 98
6.5 RFID Technology in Corrections......Page 103
7.1 Governmental RFID Regulation......Page 110
7.2 World Regulatory Bodies......Page 111
7.4 Spectrum Allocations for RFID......Page 112
7.5 Industrial RFID Standards......Page 113
7.6 International Standards Organization (ISO)......Page 114
7.7 EPCglobal......Page 116
7.8 The Wal-Mart and DoD Mandates and EPC......Page 122
8.2 Privacy Issues in Applying RFID Technology......Page 124
8.3 The Costs of Developing and Deploying RFID Technology......Page 131
8.4 The Growth of Global Standards and Regulations......Page 132
8.5 Technological Immaturity and Integration with Legacy Systems......Page 133
8.6 Lack of Robustness......Page 134
8.8 Ethical Issues......Page 135
8.9 Data Management......Page 136
9 THE FUTURE PREDICTIONS FOR RFID......Page 138
APPENDIX A WAL-MART RFID INITIATIVE......Page 142
APPENDIX B DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RFID POLICY OVERVIEW......Page 148
LIST OF ACRONYMS......Page 164
GLOSSARY......Page 166
RFID VENDOR LIST......Page 184
POINTS OF CONTACT......Page 226
INDEX......Page 228