RFID: Radio Frequency Identification

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 Frame Structures 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