Measurement and Modeling of RFID Propagation Channel in Palm Oil Trees

This paper presents the information about the vegetation effect at palm oil trees to the terrestrial propagation of wireless communication at 433MHz. By using the well-established technology which is Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), a measurement is conducted at both Open Space and Palm Oil farm. Based on RFID Air Interface Standards ISO/IEC 18000-7, it supports standard air interface implementations for wireless and non-contact information system equipment. The characteristic of palm oil trees will be studied as it will be the main obstruction to the communication. The data will be analyzed and the average excess path loss due to Palm Oil trees can be determined. Furthermore, the performance of signal from the measurement will be compared with the result from existing model of propagation.