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SAC (Standardization Administration of China), 241

safety regulations, 244

personnel, 245–246

radiation exposure, 246–247

SATO America, 263

Savi Technology, 263–264

SDRs (software-defined radios), 122, 122

security, 91

Select command, 30–31

semi-passive systems, 29

semi-passive tags, 82

semiautomatic label applicators, 155

sensitivity, receive, 126

sensors

managing, 28

motion, 157

Serial Global Trade Item Number (SGTIN), 243

serial numbers in GID, 243

serial ports, printer, 150

serial references, 244

Serialized Shipping Container Code (SSCC), 243–244

sessions in EPC classes, 92

SGTIN (Serial Global Trade Item Number), 243

shadowing in tag placement, 101–102

shielding interrogation zones, 40

signal generators

in site analysis, 65–67

in troubleshooting, 208–209, 216

Sirit, Inc., 264

site analysis, 55–56

AEN measurements in, 62–64

business process flow and mapping in, 56–58

details in, 69

exam essentials, 70–71

in installation, 186–192, 188, 190–191

key terms, 72

measurements in, 58–59

path losses in, 65–69, 67–69

review questions, 73–75

RF test setup for, 60–62, 61

summary, 70

test equipment in, 60

wave measurement in, 64–65

size

chips, 92

labels, 152

ski resort applications, 81

skin effect, 133

slap-and-ship process, 148

Smart Cards, 97

Smart Labels, 97

smart readers, 28

software-defined radios (SDRs), 122, 122

solder method for cable connections, 134

solenoids, 4

sound devices, 158

spectrum analyzers

real-time, 125

in site analysis, 60, 62, 65–67, 68

in troubleshooting, 208, 209

SSCC (Serialized Shipping Container Code), 243–244

stamping method for tag antennas, 94

Standardization Administration of China (SAC), 241

standards and regulations, 229–231

Asia, 241

Europe, 236–239

exam essentials, 248–249

international standardization organizations, 231–236

key terms, 250

North America, 239–241

pan-industry organizations, 241–244

review questions, 251–256

safety, 244–247

summary, 247–248

standing waves, 7, 210

stands, RFID, 38

stretch-wrapper use cases, 129–130, 130

subcarrier encoding, 43, 91, 95–96

subcontracting plans, 180

subcontractor management, 182

subnet masks, 153

Susceptible category, 247

swim lane diagrams, 56–57

Symbol Technologies, Inc., 264–265

synchronization in interrogation zones, 41

synchronous anticollision mechanisms, 42