RFI assessment on human safety of RFID system at Hong Kong International Airport

Author

Wong, Y.F. ; Wu, Paul W K ; Wong, Daniel M H ; Chan, Denny Y K ; Fung, L.C. ; Leung, S.W.

Author_Institution

Hong Kong Airport Authority

fYear

2006

fDate

Feb. 27 2006-March 3 2006

Firstpage

108

Lastpage

111

Abstract

RFID technology has been widely used in different business nature. Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has recently adopted the RFID technology, installing a new 900 MHz RFID baggage handling system to replace the traditional infrared bar code system. Beside the technical challenges faced in the design and installation stages, workers´ human safety concern due to the radiated emission from the RFID system is also an important aspect. An EM assessment of the RFID system is carried out in the post-installation phase, and is presented here. Results have shown that the in-situ E-field level recorded for the whole system is well below the ICNIRP restricted level

Keywords

airports; biological effects of fields; radiofrequency identification; radiofrequency interference; safety; Hong Kong International Airport; RFI assessment; RFID baggage handling system; RFID system; human safety; in-situ E-field level; infrared bar code system; Air safety; Airports; Electromagnetic compatibility; Face; Frequency; Humans; Manufacturing industries; Radiation safety; Radiofrequency identification; Radiofrequency interference;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility, 2006. EMC-Zurich 2006. 17th International Zurich Symposium on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

3-9522990-3-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMCZUR.2006.214881

Filename

1629571