Index

Note to the Reader: Throughout this index boldfaced page numbers indicate primary discussions of a topic. Italicized page numbers indicate illustrations.

A

AB Symmetry, 92

acceptance testing protocol (ATP), 191–192

Access command, 31

access control

in deployment, 179

in EPC classes, 91

fixed interrogators for, 32

LF tags for, 86

passive tags for, 81

Smart Cards for, 97

active RFID systems, 29

active tags

applications, 80

operation, 79

overview, 119

adjacent dock door use cases, 130–131

AEN (ambient environmental noise)

and cable, 133

in site analysis, 59, 62–64

in troubleshooting, 206

AIDC (automatic identification and data collection) technologies, 244

AIM Global trade association, 244

air gaps in tag placement, 100–101

air interface

in EPC classes, 91

ISO standards, 233–234

airport applications, 81

alerts, documenting, 159

Alien Technology, 91, 258

ALOHA anticollision mechanisms, 42

alternating electric currents, 4

AM frequencies, 12

ambient environmental noise (AEN)

and cable, 133

in site analysis, 59, 62–64

in troubleshooting, 206

American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 240–241

Ampere's Law, 8–9

amusement parks applications, 81

animal tracking applications, 81

ANSI (American National Standards Institute), 240–241

antennas, 34–35

configurations, 38–39

connecting, 186

coverage, 36–37, 37

design, 36

gain, 13, 40

impedance matching, 93

in interrogators, 25

in network design, 135–136

optimizing, 204

polarization, 6, 35–36

production, 94

resonance, 4

on RFID inlays, 80

in site analysis, 60–62, 65–67

tuning, 39–40, 210–211, 211

anticollision mechanisms

interrogation zones, 42–43

smart readers, 28

UHF systems, 128

application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), 92

applicators, label, 155–156

Applied Wireless Identifications Group (AWID), 174

artifacts, 181

Asia, standards and regulations in, 241

ASICs (application-specific integrated circuits), 92

asynchronous anticollision mechanisms, 42

ATP (acceptance testing protocol), 191–192

attenuation

cable, 134–135

waves, 5–7

Auto-ID Labs website, 268

automated settings for radiation containment, 217

automatic identification and data collection (AIDC) technologies, 244

automatic label applicators, 155

automatic vehicle identification (AVI), 264

automotive industry applications, 81

average-performing tags, 212

AWID (Applied Wireless Identifications Group), 174