P

packaging, tag, 96–99, 104–105

pallets in tag placement, 101–102

pan-industry organizations, 241–244

parallel ports, printer, 150

partitions, SGTIN, 243

passive backscatter, 84–85

passive systems, 29

passive tags, 80–82

embedded, 98

overview, 119–120

UHF, 86–87

path loss contour mapping (PLCM)

overview, 65–69, 67–69

in troubleshooting, 208–209

Paxar Corporation, 262

performance, 203–205

interrogation zones, 34

antenna, 34–40, 35, 37

anticollision, 42–43

dense reader environment, 40–41

dwell time, 34

synchronization, 41–42

readers

optimizing, 185–186

testing, 177–179, 177

peripherals, 147–148

exam essentials, 162

feedback devices, 157–158

in interrogators, 25

key terms, 163

label applicators, 155–156

printers, 148–154

real-time location systems, 159–161, 160

review questions, 164–169

summary, 161–162

tag encoding, 154–155

triggering devices, 156–157

verification and exception handling, 159

permeability, 12

personnel safety, 245–246

pharmaceutical industry applications, 81

phase difference, 7

photo eyes, 157

physical layout optimization, 214

physics of RFID, 1–2

Complete Laws of Electrodynamics, 10–11, 10–11

electromagnetic radiation, 2–6

exam essentials, 14–15

key terms, 15

penetration permeability and depth, 12

review questions, 16–21

summary, 13–14

wave propagation and interference, 6–9

pinging readers, 208

placement, tag, 100–107, 101, 103–104

plans of action and milestones (POAM), 174–175

plastic material, equations for, 9

PLCM (path loss contour mapping)

overview, 65–69, 67–69

in troubleshooting, 208–209

PLCs (programmable logic controllers), 157–158, 178

PMO (project management office), 179

pneumatic piston label applicators, 155–156

POAM (plans of action and milestones), 174–175

polarization

antennas, 35–36

electromagnetic waves, 5–6

portals, 38

ports

printer, 150

reader, 206

power

readers, 178, 203, 213

tags, 93

power cords, printer, 150

power output analysis in UHF systems, 125–126

PPL (Printronix Programming Language), 153

print-and-apply label applicators, 156

printed antennas, 94

printers, 148–149

configuration and calibration, 153–154

installing, 149–151

media selection for, 152–153

prepping, 179

printing methods, 151–152

Printronix, Inc., 263

Printronix Programming Language (PPL), 153

probabilistic anticollision mechanisms, 42

procedural information, 181

product considerations in tag placement

package contents, 104–105

packaging, 98

programmable logic controllers (PLCs), 157–158, 178

project artifacts information, 181

project management office (PMO), 179

project status information, 180–181

propagation, antenna and wave, 6–9, 13

protocols for troubleshooting, 215–216