The use of RFID Technology in Transportation

Table of Contents

Abstract3

Introduction4

Thesis Statement4

Discussion5

History of RFID5

How it Works6

RFID System8

Antenna8

Readers9

Read Ranges and Tag Frequency9

Different Types of RFID Tags10

RFID Emerging Trends11

RFID Data Model Used in a Supply Chain11

RFID Middleware for Business Operations and Supply Chain Models11

Data collection12

Data Routing and Management13

Process management13

Device Management13

The Benefits of RFID Technology14

RFID Tags and Wal-Mart Uses17

Event Data18

Master Data18

Data Size19

The Challenges for RFID Technology19

Privacy, Security and ethics problems with RFID20

There are some problems with RFID readers and tags have reported:20

The Future Uses of RFID Technology21

Conclusion22

Abstract

The technology of Radio Frequency Identification or RFID imparts wireless communication between the readers and the RFID tags and with the non line-of-sight readability. RFID has the potential to enhance and improve the performance and service of an organization having applied in quality control, safety, field operations, failure prevention, document control, service and maintenance, jobsite security, automated equipment control, tracking of equipment and tools, and product management. In this research, this technology of RFID and its implementation in transportation is analysed. The use of RFID Technology in Transportation

Introduction

RFID stands for Radio frequency Identification, that is, the technologies which employ radio waves for identifying the distinctive objects automatically. Radio Frequency Identification or RFID is a type of the technology of ADIC or Identification and Data Capture, which employs the magnetic or electric fields for the purpose of identification, validation, tracking, or automated acquisition and transmit of data, and support a huge variety of applications. The applications of RFID encompass everything for the tracking and management of assets to automated payment and access control. With these important characteristics, the RFID tags eradicate the need of entering the data manually and bring in the latent for automated procedures to enhance the cost efficiency, safety and productivity of the projects in a business organization (Stephen, 1997). One amongst the largest shoe companies of Europe, Reno GmbH, running approximately seven hundred stores in fifteen countries, intents to entrench wireless chips of RFID, in the shoes they sell at their stores, all through the continent. Reno uses the technology of RFID for tracking the shipments of their products from their factories to their outlets since a long time however they haven't yet employed the technology for tracking the individual goods within every store. These RFID chips that are thin like a wafer are particularly designed for shoes for its facilities of Asian production (Xiao, et. al, 2007).

Thesis Statement

The systems of RFID are capable of articulating information all through the boundaries of an organization, like the applications of supply chain (Xiao, et. al, 2007).

Discussion

History of RFID

It is generally assumed that radio frequency identification technology can be found back in World War II. A by Scottish physicist Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt discovered Radar that was further used by British, Americans, Japanese and Germans. It helps in warning about reaching planes that were miles away. There was a big concern that with the help of technology, they were not able to differentiate between enemy' plane and country's own plane. There was a need of some sign of identification ...