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Research and Markets: RFID Systems: Research Trends and Challenges

This book provides an insight into the 'hot' field of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Systems

In this book, the authors provide an insight into the field of RFID systems with an emphasis on networking aspects and research challenges related to passive Ultra High Frequency (UHF) RFID systems. The book reviews various algorithms, protocols and design solutions that have been developed within the area, including most recent advances. In addition, authors cover a wide range of recognized problems in RFID industry, striking a balance between theoretical and practical coverage. Limitations of the technology and state-of-the-art solutions are identified and new research opportunities are addressed. Finally, the book is authored by experts and respected researchers in the field and every chapter is peer reviewed.

Key Features:

• Provides the most comprehensive analysis of networking aspects of RFID systems, including tag identification protocols and reader anti-collision algorithms
• Covers in detail major research problems of passive UHF systems such as improving reading accuracy, reading range and throughput
• Analyzes other "hot topics" including localization of passive RFID tags, energy harvesting, simulator and emulator design, security and privacy
• Discusses design of tag antennas, tag and reader circuits for passive UHF RFID systems
• Presents EPCGlobal architecture framework, middleware and protocols
• Includes an accompanying website with PowerPoint slides and solutions to the problems http://www.site.uottawa.ca/-mbolic/RFIDBook/

This book will be an invaluable guide for researchers and graduate students in electrical engineering and computer science, and researchers and developers in telecommunication industry.

Key Topics Covered:

Part I COMPONENTS OF RFID SYSTEMS AND PERFORMANCE METRICS.

• Performance of Passive UHF RFID Systems in Practice (Miodrag Bolic, Akshay Athalye, and Tzu Hao Li).
• Performance Metrics and Operational Parameters of RFID Systems (Raj Bridelall and Abhiman Hande).
• UHF RFID Antennas (Daniel Deavours).
• RFID Tag Chip Design (Na Yan, Wenyi Che, Yuqing Yang, and Qiang Li).
• Design of Passive Tag RFID Readers (Scott Chiu).
• RFID Middleware: Concepts and Architecture (Nathalie Mitton, Loc Schmidt, and David Simplot-Ryl).

Part II TAG IDENTIFICATION PROTOCOLS.

• Aloha-Based Protocols (Kwan-Wu Chin and Dheeraj Klair).
• Tree-Based Anti-Collision Protocols for RFID Tags (Petar Popovski).
• A Comparison of TTF and RTF UHF RFID Protocols (Alwyn Hoffman, Johann Holm, and Henri-Jean Marais).

Part III READER INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORKING.

• Integrating RFID Readers in Enterprise IT (Christian Floerkemeier and Sanjay Sarma).
• Reducing Interference in RFID Reader Networks (Sung Won Kim and Gyanendra Prasad Joshi).
• Optimal Tag Coverage and Tag Report Elimination (Bogdan Carbunar, Murali Krishna Ramanathan, Mehmet Koyuturk, Suresh Jagannathan, and Ananth Grama).
• Delay/Disruption-Tolerant Mobile RFID Networks: Challenges and Opportunities (Hongyi Wu and Zhipeng Yang).

Part IV ADDRESSING OTHER CHALLENGES IN RFID SYSTEMS.

• Improving Read Ranges and Read Rates for Passive RFID Systems (Zhiguang Fan, Fazhong Shen, Jianhua Shen, and Lixin Ran).
• Principles and Techniques of RFID Positioning (Yimin Zhang, Xin Li, and Moeness Amin).
• Towards Secure and Privacy-Enhanced RFID Systems (Heiko Knospe and Kerstin Lemke-Rust).
• Cryptographic Approaches for Improving Security and Privacy Issues of RFID Systems (Miyako Ohkubo, Koutarou Suzuki, and Shingo Kinoshita).
• Novel RFID Technologies: Energy Harvesting for Self-Powered Autonomous RFID Systems (Raj Bridelall and Abhiman Hande).
• Simulators and Emulators for Different Abstraction Layers of UHF RFID Systems (Christian Steger, Alex Janek, Reinhold Wei, Vojtech Derbek, Manfred Jantscher, Josef Preishuber-Pfluegl, and Markus Pistauer).

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