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Abstract
ZigBee:
A New Frontier for Low Cost Active RFID Devices starts with an excellent
introduction to RFID, ZigBee and its use in automation. It also evaluates the
use of ZigBee and Active RFID for a Location Tracking System. In addition, this
publication presents analysis, case studies, and real-life experiences in which
the author I has utilized ZigBee to create Active RFID devices, which not only
overcame the drawbacks during Tag-to-Reader communication, but also supported
Tag-to-Tag communication to realize a very low cost Active RFID System robust
enough to achieve a real-time Tracking and Monitoring System with many
value-added functionalities.
Important Questions Answered by this Report
- What is the use and importance of RFID and ZigBee?
- What RFID system options exist and how are they best implemented?
- How does ZigBee work with an Active RFID system?
- How does one design and implement a location tracking system with RFID and
ZigBee?
- What are the limitations and alternatives to RFID and ZigBee?
- Covers alternatives including: Z-Wave, Insteon, Bluetooth, WirelessUSB,
XMesh, LonWorks, Proprietary Industrial Standards
Target Audience
- RFID and ZigBee hardware, software and solution vendors
- Personnel responsible for automating Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer
Relationship Management (CRM), Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP), Enterprise
Resource Planning (ERP) and other business processes
- Manufacturers and personnel responsible for management of inventory and
materials, timing and control of critical resources, improve Warehouse
Management Systems (WMS), and other production line automation and industrial
processes
- Retailers and personnel responsible for merchandise inventory and ordering
processes, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Merchandise tracking and
fraud prevention
- Providers of value-added applications and services such as metering,
telemetry, telematics, and sensor applications, inventory control and tracking
such as merchandise control, asset tracking and recovery such as computing
equipment monitoring, tracking parts moving through a manufacturing process,
tracking goods in a supply chain, and payment systems
- Providers of RFID databases such as the VeriSign EPC DB
- Wireless service providers and cellular network operators interested in
learning more about the use of RFID, ZigBee, and value-added applications such
as a location tracking system
Table of Contents
I. What is RFID?
a. Understanding How RFID Works
b. Types of Tags
d. Application Field
e. Privacy
f. Preventives
g. Five Steps to RFID Implementation
II. Frequency Bands and their Importance
a. Frequency
III.Requirement of RFID, Providers, Solutions
a. Market Analysis
IV.ZigBee
a. What is ZigBee Technology
b. The Promises
c. Why is ZigBee needed?
d. The ZigBee Alliance
e. Understanding ZigBee
f. The Protocol
g. The 802 Wireless Space a graphical comparison
V. ZigBee and Active RFID
a. Preamble
b. Scope of Active RFID
c. Market Research on Scope
d. Designing the ZigBee based Active RFID System
e. Tag Specs
f. Hardware Components
g. The Role of ZigBee
VI. Implementing a Location Tracking System with ZigBee Based Active RFID a. Introduction
b. System Design
c. Technical Information of the Devices
d. Prototype Implementation
e. System Architecture Schematic
f. Conclusion
VII. Limitations of ZigBee based Active RFID Systems a. Background
b. Inherent Drawbacks of ZigBee and Stack Related Issues
d. Alternatives to ZigBee
Z-Wave
Insteon
Bluetooth
WirelessUSB
XMesh
LonWorks
Proprietary Industrial Standards
VIII. Conclusions
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