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RFID

ISBN10: 0071442995 | ISBN13: 9780071442992

RFID
ISBN10: 0071442995
ISBN13: 9780071442992
By Steven Shepard

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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. TAG THE HOTTEST GROWTH IN WIRELESS With a predicted $10-billion market over the next decade, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is a booming new wireless technology with an eager new audience—retailers. From global giant Wal-Mart down, RFID is being adapted to track inventories via microchip-tagged products. Popular technology writer Steven Shepard's RFID gives you an inside look at the entire arena, from the technology's staggering capabilities and potential, through insightful coverage of issues from vendors, implementation, and monitoring, to possible technical conflicts, market forecasts, and security. A must-read for both technical types and retailers, this book's need-to-know contents include: Defining RFID • Underlying Technologies • Technological Competitors • Future RFID Applications • RFID/3G/Bluetooth Coexistence • Implementation • Potential Roadblocks • RFID Security • RFID Chips, Readers, and Applications Sets • Short- and Long-Term Forecasts

PART ONE. BUSINESS ENABLERS

Supply Chains: A Brief Overview

The ServicePlus Story

The History of Barcodes

The 1790 Census

From Census . . . to Groceries

Tracking the Railroads

Back to Groceries

Barcodes . . . Up Close and Personal

Encoding Details

Digit Encoding in UPC A

UPC Version E

The Application Identifier

Beyond Groceries

Conclusion

RFID History

Pre-RFID: The Arrival of Radar

First Deployments: Chain Home Radar

Post-Radar Development Efforts

The First RFID Tag: Mario Cardullo

Later Developments

In Summary

PART TWO. RFID IN DETAIL

Typical RFID System Components

Transponders

Passive vs. Active Transponders

Operating Frequencies

Frequency Attributes

Form Factors

Smart Cards

Close-Coupling Smart Cards

A Brief Aside: Inductive vs. Capacitive Coupling

Proximity-Coupling Smart Cards

Part 1: Physical Device Parameters

Part 2: RF Characteristics

Part 3: Initialization and Collision Control

Manchester Encoding

Transponder Selection

Collision Management in Action

The REQB Frame

The ATQB Frame

Slotted Aloha: How It Works

The Air Interface: Data Communications Protocols

Initiating Data Transmission

Application Protocol Support

Layer by Layer

Layer Seven: The Application Layer

Layer Six: The Presentation Layer

Layer Five: The Session Layer

Layer Four: The Transport Layer

Layer Three: The Network Layer

Layer Two: The Data Link Layer

Layer One: The Physical Layer

OSI Summary 107

The OSI Model and the RFID Interface

Vicinity-Coupling Smart Cards

ISO 15693 Part One: Physical Device Characteristics

ISO 15693 Part Two: RF Power, Data Transfer, and FrameStructures

Data Transfer: Downstream, Reader to Card

Data Transfer: Upstream, Card to Reader

A Brief Aside: RFID Readers

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

The ERP Process

Summary

RFID Security Considerations

Key Security Considerations

Privacy Concerns

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