Preface

Chapter 9 **RFID Textile Antenna and Its Development 171**

Chapter 10 **Design and Implementation of RFID-Based Object**

**Devices in a Living Environment 223**

Chapter 12 **Commercial Utilization of Mobile RFID 245**

Chapter 11 **Object and Human Localization with ZigBee-Based Sensor**

Ela Sibel Bayrak Meydanoğlu and Müge Klein

Chapter 14 **Interferometer Instantaneous Frequency Identifier 283**

Chapter 16 **Interacting with Objects in Games Through RFID**

Chapter 17 **Manufacturing Logistics and Packaging Management**

Chapter 18 **RFID Under Water: Technical Issues and Applications 379** Giuliano Benelli and Alessandro Pozzebon

Chapter 19 **Possibility of RFID in Conditions of Postal Operators 397** Juraj Vaculík, Peter Kolarovszki and Jiří Tengler

Alberto Regattieri and Giulia Santarelli

Chapter 15 **Challenges and Possibilities of RFID in the Forest Industry 301**

Chapter 13 **Application of Mobile RFID-Based Safety Inspection Management at Construction Jobsite 267**

**Locators 199**

**VIII** Contents

T. S. Chou and J. W. S. Liu

and Tomomasa Sato

Yen-Pei Chen

Espinosa-Espinosa

**Technology 325**

**Using RFID 341**

Nummila

Lukas Vojtech, Robi Dahal, Demet Mercan and Marek Neruda

Hiroshi Noguchi, Hiroaki Fukada, Taketoshi Mori, Hiromi Sanada

Yu-Cheng Lin, Yu-Chih Su, Nan-Hai Lo, Weng-Fong Cheung and

M. T. de Melo, B. G. M. de Oliveira, Ignacio Llamas-Garro and Moises

Janne Häkli, Antti Sirkka, Kaarle Jaakkola, Ville Puntanen and Kaj

Elena de la Guía, María D. Lozano and Víctor M.R. Penichet

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

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

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 ideas that will further develop this important area.

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‐ cation process of this book.

> **Mamun Bin Ibne Reaz** Department of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia , Malaysia

**Chapter 1**

**RFID Applications and Challenges**

Additional information is available at the end of the chapter

Radio Frequency identification (RFID) is the popular wireless induction system [1-7]. The same as the general bar code identification, each RFID tag in an RFID system is assumed that equips a unique ID (UID) itself. A standard RFID system is consisted of Tag, Reader, and Application. When an independent RFID tag approaches the RFID antenna, the induc‐ tion between RFID tag and antenna happens. The RFID antenna reads the information and content recorded in the tag. Then the information is translated into the computational data by the RFID reader. Due to the portable RFID tag and untouched data transmission, many local or small area wireless applications for track and trace based on RFID systems were

RFID today is the popular wireless induction system [2-3,8-11]. Each RFID tag in RFID sys‐ tem is given a unique ID (UID) which records the on demand information. When an inde‐ pendent RFID tag approaches the RFID antenna, the induction between RFID tag and antenna happens. The information and content recorded in the tag is transmitted to the RFID antenna and translated into the computational data. Following up the data translation,

The RFID applications about agriculture that are now in widespread use such as the Animal Identification, the Product Record, and the Manufacturing process management. First, users identify products or materials via the tag and the reader of RFID system, and followed that recorded the data of products or materials on database in foregoing proposals. In a subse‐ quent process, an especial function chose some suitable data from databases for analyzing, integration and description. This process helps users to understand the position and situa‐ tion about products or materials. Therefore, by using the RFID, the main contributions in ag‐

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the tag recognition can be completed and related applications are provided.

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riculture can be described as follows:

**1. Introduction**

proposed.
