RFID Systems

Dr Miodrag Bolic, University of Ottawa, Canada Miodrag Bolic joined University of Ottawa, Canada in 2004 as an assistant professor. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Belgrade in1996 and 2001 and his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from SUNY at Stony Brook, USA in 2004. He has over 7 years of industrial experience from the U.S. and Serbia related to physical layer design for Bluetooth and RFID networks as well as embedded and FPGA design. He is a cofounder of a start-up Astraion Inc., NY that develops novel RFID systems. Prof David Simplot-Ryl, Fundamental Computer Science Laboratory of Lille, France David SIMPLOT-RYL received the Graduate Engineer degree in computer science, automation, electronic and electrical engineering, a MSc and PhD degrees in computer science from the University of Lille, France, in 1993 and 1997, respectively. In 1998, he joined the Fundamental Computer Science Laboratory of Lille (LIFL), France, where he is currently professor. He received the Habilitation degree from University of Lille, France, in 2003. Prof Ivan Stojmenovic, University of Ottawa, Canada Ivan Stojmenovic received his Ph.D. degree in mathematics in 1985. He is currently a managing editor of Journal of Multiple-Valued Logic and Soft Computing (received Certificate of Appreciation from IEEE Computer Society in 2002 for establishing and maintaining the journal), International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems (T& F), and Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks, An International Journal (OCP), and editor of several journals.

About the Editors. Preface. Acknowledgements. Part I COMPONENTS OF RFID SYSTEMS AND PERFORMANCE METRICS. 1 Performance of Passive UHF RFID Systems in Practice (Miodrag Bolic, Akshay Athalye, and Tzu Hao Li). 1.1 Introduction. 1.2 Ideal RFID System. 1.3 Practical RFID Systems. 1.4 Overview of the Book. 1.5 Conclusion. References. 2 Performance Metrics and Operational Parameters of RFID Systems (Raj Bridelall and Abhiman Hande). 2.1 Overview. 2.2 Key Operational Parameters. 2.3 Classification of Commercially Available Products. 2.4 Conclusion. Problems. References. 3 UHF RFID Antennas (Daniel Deavours). 3.1 Dipoles and Relatives. 3.2 T-Match and Relatives. 3.3 Putting it Together: Building an RFID Tag. 3.4 The Environment. 3.5 Conclusions, Trends, and Challenges. References. 4 RFID Tag Chip Design (Na Yan, Wenyi Che, Yuqing Yang, and Qiang Li). 4.1 Tag Architecture Systems. 4.2 Memory in Standard CMOS Processes. 4.3 Baseband of RFID Tag. 4.4 RFID Tag Performance Optimization. 4.5 Conclusion. Problems. References. 5 Design of Passive Tag RFID Readers (Scott Chiu). 5.1 Overview. 5.2 Basics of Passive RFID Operation. 5.3 Passive RFID Reader Designs. 5.4 Advanced Topics on RFID Reader Design. 5.5 Conclusion. Problems. References. 6 RFID Middleware: Concepts and Architecture (Nathalie Mitton, Loc Schmidt, and David Simplot-Ryl). 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 Overview of an RFID Middleware Architecture. 6.3 Readers Management. 6.4 Data Management and Application-Level Events. 6.5 Store and Share Data. 6.6 Example. 6.7 Conclusion. Problems. References. Part II TAG IDENTIFICATION PROTOCOLS. 7 Aloha-Based Protocols (Kwan-Wu Chin and Dheeraj Klair). 7.1 Pure Aloha. 7.2 Slotted Aloha. 7.3 Framed Slotted Aloha. 7.4 Conclusion. Problems. References. 8 Tree-Based Anti-Collision Protocols for RFID Tags (Petar Popovski). 8.1 Introduction. 8.2 Principles of Tree-Based Anti-Collision Protocols. 8.3 Tree Protocols in the Existing RFID Specifications. 8.4 Practical Issues and Transmission Errors. 8.5 Cooperative Readers and Generalized Arbitration Spaces. 8.6 Conclusion. Problems. References. 9 A Comparison of TTF and RTF UHF RFID Protocols (Alwyn Hoffman, Johann Holm, and Henri-Jean Marais). 9.1 Introduction. 9.2 Requirements for RFID Protocols. 9.3 Different Approaches Used in UHF Protocols. 9.4 Description of Stochastic TTF Protocols. 9.5 Comparison between ISO18000-6C and TTF Protocols. 9.6 Conclusion. Problems. References. Part III READER INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORKING. 10 Integrating RFID Readers in Enterprise IT (Christian Floerkemeier and Sanjay Sarma). 10.1 Related Work. 10.2 RFID System Services. 10.3 Reader Capabilities. 10.4 RFID System Architecture Taxonomy. 10.5 EPCglobal Standards. 10.6 Adoption of High-Level Reader Protocols. 10.7 Potential Future Standardization Activities. 10.8 Conclusion. Problems. References. 11 Reducing Interference in RFID Reader Networks (Sung Won Kim and Gyanendra Prasad Joshi). 11.1 Introduction. 11.2 Interference Problem in RFID Reader Networks. 11.3 Access Mechanism, Regulations, Standards and Algorithms. 11.4 Comparison. 11.5 Conclusion. Problems. References. 12 Optimal Tag Coverage and Tag Report Elimination (Bogdan Carbunar, Murali Krishna Ramanathan, Mehmet Koyuturk, Suresh Jagannathan, and Ananth Grama). 12.1 Introduction. 12.2 Overview of RFID Systems. 12.3 Tree Walking: An Algorithm for Detecting Tags in the Presence of Collisions. 12.4 Reader Collision Avoidance. 12.5 Coverage Redundancy in RFID Systems: Comparison with Sensor Networks. 12.6 Network Model. 12.7 Optimal Tag Coverage and Tag Reporting. 12.8 Redundant Reader Elimination Algorithms: A Centralized Heuristic. 12.9 RRE: A Distributed Solution. 12.10 Adapting to Topological Changes. 12.11 The Layered Elimination Optimization (