**Meet the editor**

Mamun Bin Ibne Reaz was born in Bangladesh, in December 1963. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degree in Applied Physics and Electronics, both from University of Rajhashi, Bangladesh, in 1985 and 1986, respectively. He received his D.Eng. degree in 2007 from Ibaraki University, Japan. He is currently a Professor at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia, involving in

teaching, research and industrial consultation. He is a regular associate of the Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics since 2008. He has vast research experiences in Norway, Ireland and Malaysia. He has published extensively in the area of RFID, IC Design and Biomedical application IC. He is author and co-author of more than 150 research articles in design automation and IC design.

Contents

**Preface IX**

Michel Simatic

Chapter 1 **RFID Applications and Challenges 1**

**Contactless HF Systems 67**

**Wideband Signals 85**

**Structures 131**

Ming-Shen Jian and Jain-Shing Wu

Chapter 2 **Choosing the Right RFID-Based Architectural Pattern 27**

Chapter 3 **An RFID Anti-Collision Algorithm Assisted by Multi-Packet Reception and Retransmission Diversity 49**

Chapter 4 **Implementation of a Countermeasure to Relay Attacks for**

Pierre-Henri Thevenon and Olivier Savry

Andreas Loeffler and Heinz Gerhaeuser

Chapter 5 **Localizing with Passive UHF RFID Tags Using**

Chapter 6 **Integrating RFID with IP Host Identities 111**

Ramiro Sámano-Robles, Neeli Prasad and Atílio Gameiro

Steffen Elmstrøm Holst Jensen and Rune Hylsberg Jacobsen

**Antenna with Capacitive Loaded Coplanar Waveguide**

Muhammad Mubeen Masud and Benjamin D. Braaten

Chapter 8 **Advancements and Prospects of Forward Directional Antennas**

Ahmed Toaha Mobashsher and Rabah W. Aldhaheri

**for Compact Handheld RFID Readers 151**

Chapter 7 **Design of a Zeroth Order Resonator UHF RFID Passive Tag**
