Effects of orientation and obstacles on the RFID performance

Author

Zhenzhong, Li ; Nezih, Mrad ; George, Xiao ; Liu, Gouocheng ; Ono, Yuu ; Dayan, Ban

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

fYear

2011

fDate

14-17 June 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The impact of environmental configurations on the characteristics and performance of Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) passive Ultra High Frequency (UHF) tags was presented. Orientation and obstacle effects on the performance of an RFID system were investigated. The range detection sensitivity, the tag orientation sensitivity, as well as the RFID system reliability to the presence of obstacles have been evaluated and reported. Improved system reliability and range of detection were achieved in the absence of obstacles (free space) and degraded exponentially in the presence of such obstacles, with zero detection for metallic films. A tag orientation of 90° increased the sensitivity range by two folds while the same reliability was maintained.

Keywords

radiofrequency identification; telecommunication network reliability; RFID system reliability; metallic films; obstacle effects; orientation effects; passive ultrahigh frequency tags; radiofrequency identification; range detection sensitivity; tag orientation sensitivity; Communication system security; Radiofrequency identification; Reliability theory; Sensitivity; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; RFID; passive; radio frequency; wireless;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fly by Wireless Workshop (FBW), 2011 4th Annual Caneus

Conference_Location

Montreal, QC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0971-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-0972-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FBW.2011.5965564

Filename

5965564