C

cable

antenna, 40, 211

in installation, 187

in network design, 131–135, 131–132

in troubleshooting, 206

cable loss, 40

CADs in site analysis, 58

calibration, printers, 154

capacitance, cable, 135

capacitive coupling, 120

cards, tag, 97

casing, tag, 98

CEN (European Committee for Standardization), 236

CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization), 237

CEPT (European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations), 237–238

checkpointing, 182

China, standards and regulations in, 241

chips in tags, 93

attaching, 94–95

size, 92

circularly polarized antennas

overview, 35–36

in site analysis, 65

circularly polarized waves, 5

circulators in interrogators, 25

classes, tag, 90–92

coaxial cable, 131–132, 131–132

coils, 4

collision-free channels, 93

collisions

interrogation zones, 42–43

in site analysis, 59

smart readers, 28

UHF systems, 128

communication

in deployment, 180–182

interrogators, 25, 29–30

tags, 83–85, 84

Complete Laws of Electrodynamics

components of, 8–9

interpreting, 10–11, 10–11

compliance testing for readers, 177–179, 177

computers in site analysis, 60, 65

concrete properties, 9

conducting materials, 6

conductive ink, 94

configuration

antennas, 38–39

printers, 153–154

reader optimization, 185

conformance control, 182

connections

cable, 133–134

electrical and LAN, 184

interrogator, 32

user interface, 27

constructive interference, 6

containing radiation, 217–219

continuous labels, 152

continuous waves, 5, 119

control units in interrogators, 25

conveyor use cases, 129

coupling

in passive systems, 120

power, 4

for tag communication, 83–85, 84

coverage, antenna, 36–37, 37

crimp method for cable connections, 134

critical boundaries, 186, 189, 190

cross talk, 189

crossed signals, 59

current business process in site analysis, 57

cycle acquisition by smart readers, 28