Combination Of Radio Frequency Identification Research Articles

A Review of IoT Sensing Applications and Challenges Using RFID and Wireless Sensor Networks.

Radio frequency identification (RFID) and wireless sensors networks (WSNs) are two fundamental pillars that enable the Internet of Things (IoT). RFID systems are able to identify and track devices, whilst WSNs cooperate to gather and provide information from interconnected sensors. This involves challenges, for example, in transforming RFID systems with identification capabilities into sensing and computational platforms, as well as considering them as architectures of wirelessly connected sensing tags. This, together with the latest advances in WSNs and with the integration of both technologies, has resulted in the opportunity to develop novel IoT applications. This paper presents a review of these two technologies and the obstacles and challenges that need to be overcome. Some of these challenges are the efficiency of the energy harvesting, communication interference, fault tolerance, higher capacities to handling data processing, cost feasibility, and an appropriate integration of these factors. Additionally, two emerging trends in IoT are reviewed: the combination of RFID and WSNs in order to exploit their advantages and complement their limitations, and wearable sensors, which enable new promising IoT applications.

Real-time supply chain—A blockchain architecture for project deliveries

Abstract Real-time tracking and tracing are important in providing a unified view of global supply chains consisting of several parties. This paper illustrates the needs and requirements for managing supply chains in multi-company project environments by adopting various tracking and tracing technologies. This kind of tracking and tracing is especially needed within distributed architectures engaged in project-based businesses, where several vendors are involved in a single project. Such tracking and tracing data can be used extensively to generate key performance indicators, which can be used to measure and control supply chain processes. This paper also proposes a pilot system of a cloud-based portal for real-time tracking and tracing of logistics and supply chains. This portal is formed by the combination of RFID, IoT and blockchain technology into an integrated real-time view. RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) and IoT (Internet of Things) provides real-time information or data, while blockchain technology is used to provide a chain of immutable transactions. The architecture of the proposed portal system is connected to transport companies, tracking devices, consolidation points and suppliers. The pilot study also illustrates the benefits and advantages of such a portal system.

Soft Radio-Frequency Identification Sensors: Wireless Long-Range Strain Sensors Using Radio-Frequency Identification.

Increasing amounts of attention are being paid to the study of Soft Sensors and Soft Systems. Soft Robotic Systems require input from advances in the field of Soft Sensors. Soft sensors can help a soft robot to perceive and to act upon its immediate environment. The concept of integrating sensing capabilities into soft robotic systems is becoming increasingly important. One challenge is that most of the existing soft sensors have a requirement to be hardwired to power supplies or external data processing equipment. This requirement hinders the ability of a system designer to integrate soft sensors into soft robotic systems. In this article, we design, fabricate, and characterize a new soft sensor, which benefits from a combination of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag design and microfluidic sensor fabrication technologies. We designed this sensor using the working principle of an RFID transporter antenna, but one whose resonant frequency changes in response to an applied strain. This new microfluidic sensor is intrinsically stretchable and can be reversibly strained. This sensor is a passive and wireless device, and as such, it does not require a power supply and is capable of transporting data without a wired connection. This strain sensor is best understood as an RFID tag antenna; it shows a resonant frequency change from approximately 860 to 800 MHz upon an applied strain change from 0% to 50%. Within the operating frequency, the sensor shows a standoff reading range of >7.5 m (at the resonant frequency). We characterize, experimentally, the electrical performance and the reliability of the fabrication process. We demonstrate a pneumatic soft robot that has four microfluidic sensors embedded in four of its legs, and we describe the implementation circuit to show that we can obtain movement information from the soft robot using our wireless soft sensors.

Wearable UHF RFID Sensor-Tag Based on Customized 3D-Printed Antenna Substrates

The combination of radiofrequency identification (RFID) technology with 3D-printed structures is very appealing to design new RFID-based smart but cost-effective devices. In this paper, two different 3D-printed devices in the RFID framework are designed, realized, and tested. In particular, since permittivity and loss tangent of the printed substrate depend on the volume fraction of air in the host material, the first proposed device is purposely a T-resonator-based system suitable for the dielectric characterization of 3D-printed substrates in UHF RFID band, realized in 3D-printing technology itself. Based on the obtained results, the second device is a compact 3D-printed wearable antenna feeding a UHF RFID sensor tag designed to passively sense and retrieve the human body temperature. Both devices have been realized by combining 3D-printed plastic elements and conductive parts and then tested so to demonstrate the aptness of 3D-printing technology in designing RFID devices.

A Remote Sensor for Detecting Methane Based on Palladium-Decorated Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes

The remote detection of the concentration of methane at room temperature is performed by a sensor that is configured by the combination of radio frequency identification (RFID), and functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The proposed sensor is schemed as a thin film RFID tag in a polyethylene substrate, on which a metal trace dipole, a metal trace T impedance matching networks, a 0.5 μm-CMOS RF/DC rectifier chipset and a sensor head of palladium-decorated single walled carbon nanotubes (Pd-SWCNTs) are surface mounted in cascade. The performances of the sensor are examined and described by the defined parameters of the received signal strength index (RSSI) and the comparative analog identifier (ΔAID). Results validate the sensor's ability to detect molecules of methane at room temperature, showing that the RSSI can increase 4 dB and the ΔAID can increase 3% in response to methane concentrations ranging from zero to 100 ppm.

Influence of RFID technology on automated management of construction materials and components

Recent research has indicated that even though construction materials and components may constitute more than fifty percent of total project costs, existing methods for managing them still depend on human skills. This traditional data collection is time and labour-intensive, error-prone, and unreliable, due to the reluctance of workforces to monitor and record the presence of large numbers of material. Automating the task of identifying and tracking construction materials can provide timely and accurate information on materials available to the manager. This paper investigates a new approach for integrating the latest innovations in ADC technologies for real-time data collection in construction. In this approach, the combination of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Global Positioning System (GPS), and General Packet Radio System (GPRS) technologies can facilitate extremely low-cost, infrastructure-free, and easy-to-implement solutions to uniquely identify materials, components, and equipment. The presented system is fully automatic and will lead to their location and tracking in three phases, namely, production sites (off-site), en-route (shipping), and construction job sites (on-site), almost instantaneously.

Logistic Information Perception Interactive System Formed by Combination of RFID and TC35i

By analysis on the realization for RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology, TC35i module of CTI (Computer Telecommunication Integration) technology, this article provided a solution and technology realization method for Logistic Information Perception Interactive System. The Logistic Information Perception Interactive System is a combinational application of Internet Of Things (IOT)) RFID, CTI and internet technology, the system consists of three levels system structure of perception level, network level and interaction level, which is supported by RFID reader, RFID logistic tag, TC35i module and other software and hardware as well as interface technologies, integrates and build logistic business flow and information perception interactive section link for supply chain, forms interactive system of RFID logistic, TC35i equipments, user mobile communication, internet communication and other sections. In the Logistic Information Perception Interactive System, it uses AT signal, API (Application Programming Interface) interface program to design short message logistic business interactive program based on TC35i and RFID, realizes isomerism application of communication, technology in terms of logistic information application means, realizes the ubiquitous links and distribution management of perception logistic.

A Novel Use for Real Time Locating Systems

In 2009, the St. Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) installed a Real Time Locating system (RTLS) in their eye clinic. The system tracks staff and patient movement through a combination of radio-frequency identification and infra-red technology. This system, in addition to its primary purpose as a throughput monitoring system, was used to gather data for the validation of a Discrete Event Simulation (DES) of the eye clinic. Use of the RTLS gathered data greatly diminished the time required to validate the simulation, as well as the cost of labor needed to observe and record the data points necessary. RTLS systems may be employed by operations researchers and systems engineers to assist in patient flow analysis in capacities beyond the ‘Real Time’ aspects of the locating system.

A NOVEL ADAPTIVE WI-FI SYSTEM WITH RFID TECHNOLOGY

A novel adaptive Wireless-Fidelity (Wi-Fi) system is the combination of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, programmable intelligent microcontroller development board (PIDB) and reconfigurable antenna with beam shape characteristics. The system is capable to sustain a Wi-Fi signal adaptively above its threshold level (-81dBm) within a range up to 100m across three different buildings with variety indoor environments and floors. It is found that the modified ground reflection model has successfully predicted the total path loss of the test-bay buildings which consist of corridors, several floors and windows. The modified propagation model is extremely crucial in determining the projection and height reconfigurable antenna to efficiently cover the scattered measurement points across the three buildings. The need of comparable signal strength is compulsory since the signal strength between 2.4GHz of reconfigurable beam shape antenna and 0.433GHz of RFID tag is different within the same distance. When reconfigurable beam shape antenna radiates with a minimum gain of 4.85dBi, the measured signal strength shows that most of the measurement points are below WiFi's threshold level which is from -69.001dBm to -115.4530dBm. However, the proposed system is able to boost all the signal strength above the threshold level with three different gain of reconfigurable beam shape antenna, 7.2dBi, 9.9dBi and 14.64dBi through the activation of mobile RFID tag at different measurement points at one time. The boosted signal strengths are within the range of -69dBm to -73.056dBm. The capability of the mobile RFID tag in producing certain level of signal strength has been successfully exploited as a wireless stimulator for the system to adaptively activate certain PIN diode switches of reconfigurable beam shape antenna in this finding. The proposed system also has a great potential in realizing a new smart antenna system replacing the conventional switching beam array (SBA) antenna.

모바일 RFID 서비스 환경에서의 성인 인증 시스템

본 논문은 유비쿼터스 환경의 핵심 기술인 RFID(Radio Frequency IDentification) 기술과 이동통신 기술의 접목을 통해 도래하게 될 모바일 RFID 서비스 환경에서의 성인 인증에 관한 것으로, 기존의 인터 넷에서 행하고 있는 단순한 성인 인증의 단점을 극복하기 위하여, 콘텐츠의 내용에 기반한 등급 분류 체계를 갖추고, 이를 통한 성인 인증 시스템을 제안한 것이다. 우선 기존의 성인 인증 방법에 대하여 설명하고, 청소년들에게 유해 정보가 노출되는 것을 막기 위한 콘텐츠 내용에 기반한 등급 분류 기준에 대하여 알아본다. 그리고, 제안하는 모바일 RFID 성인 인증 데이터의 구성을 살펴본 후, 모바일 RFID 성인 인증 시스템을 제안하고 결론을 맺는다. This paper is about adult certification on Mobile RFID Service Environments coming through the combination of RFID(Radio Frequency IDentification) technology, as the core technology of ubiquitous environments, and mobile telecommunication technology. To overcome the shortcoming of simple adult certification on current internet, we suggest a framework for content-based classification and propose an adult certification system using it. At first, we explain conventional methods for adult certification, and show a criteria of content-based classification for preventing an exposure of adult contents from minors. Additionally, we describe data structure and system for the proposed adult certification on mobile RFID environment, and finish it with concluding remarks.

Combination of radio frequency identification (RFID) and field verification tests of interior decorating materials

In recent years, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has been considered an important technology affecting the development of industries around the world and is valued in many fields. In the construction industry, RFID benefits construction engineering and management by improving efficiency and control. This study describes the influence of combination manners of RFID and interior decorating materials on RFID system recognition by identifying appropriate combination manners and tag space layouts. The main study results include (1) building materials' influence on effects of RFID, (2) readable distance between tags and readers, and (3) electronic wave penetration of passive tags. Limitations of the RFID applications on material management were also identified.