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#### **Preface XI**


Preface

From its first use in the World War II to differentiate enemy aircrafts and own aircrafts, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has come to an era where it is used as an important identification tool which provides added security and conveniences in our daily lives. Its components and fea‐ tures are still being researched and integrated in existing systems to create a marketable and po‐ tential new system. RFID has become and will continue to be very important in the area of automatic identification. Regarded as a potential successor to the bar coding technologies and other automatic identification methods that we are using today, RFID's significant advantage is the contactless, non-line-of-sight nature of the technology. RFID has quietly been gaining momen‐ tum in recent years and is now being seen as a radical means of enhancing data handling process‐

RFID based application creates tremendous new business opportunities such as the support of independent living of elderly and disabled persons, efficient supply chains, efficient anti-counter‐ feiting and better environmental monitoring. For better automation, well-organized business processes, and inventory visibility, many organizations have already exploited RFID in their main operations to take advantage of the potential. RFID data management, scalable information sys‐ tems, business process reengineering, and evaluating investments are emerging as significant technical challenges to applications underpinned by new developments in RFID technology.

In this book, we present contributions from world leading experts on the latest developments and state-of-the-art results in the RFID field to address these challenges. The book offers a comprehen‐ sive and systematic description of technologies, architectures, and methodologies of various effi‐

This book will serve as a valuable reference point for researchers, educators, and engineers who are working in RFID and RFID based applications, as well as graduate students who wish to un‐ derstand, learn, and discover opportunities in this emerging research and development area. It is our hope that the work presented in this book will open new discussions and generate innovative

We thank the authors for their outstanding and timely contributions. We would also like to thank InTech for the opportunity to publish this book. Our special thanks go to Oliver Kurelic, Natalia Reinic, and Sandra Bakic for their continued support and professionalism during the whole publi‐

**Mamun Bin Ibne Reaz**

Department of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering

Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia , Malaysia

es, complimentary in many ways to other data capture technologies.

cient, secure, scalable, and reliable RFID and RFID based applications.

ideas that will further develop this important area.

cation process of this book.

