PROTECTING PRIVACY AND ENSURING SECURITY OF RFID SYSTEMS USING PRIVATE AUTHENTICATION PROTOCOLS Md. Endadul Hoque Marquette University, 2010 Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) systems have been studied as an emerging technology for automatic identification of objects and assets in various applications ranging from inventory tracking to point of sale applications and from healthcare applicati...

As a vital and integrated part of the radio-frequency identification (RFID) system, RFID antennas have been received much attention over years, and their design is very urgent and significant. In fact, the development of RFID antenna is of theoretical significance and practical value for the RFID system. In this chapter, the RFID technology is briefly introduced, and the operating principle of ...

Radio BLOCKINfrequency BLOCKINidentification BLOCKIN(RFID) BLOCKINis BLOCKINa BLOCKINgeneric term that is used to describe a system that transmits the identity of an object or person wirelessly using radio waves (RFID Journal, 2005). It falls under the broad category of automatic BLOCKINidentifica-tion technologies. RFID tags, in the simplest of terms, are " intelligent chips that can be embedd...

Efficiently, tracking information related to components, materials and equipment from the production/construction phase to operation and maintenance is a challenge in the industries. The industry environment is a natural fit for generating and utilizing instance-level data for decision support. Advanced electronic identification and data storage technologies e.g. radio frequency identification ...

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a technology that has risen to prominence over the past decade. The clear advantages of this technology over traditional identification methods, along with mandates from supply chain giants like Wal-Mart and the Department of Defense, led to a large number of research and commercialization efforts in the early 2000s. However, almost a decade on, the earl...

Cancers are significant contributors to the mortality and health care expenditures. Cancer can be reduced and monitored by new information technology. Radio frequency identification or RFID is a wireless identification technology. The use of this technology can be employed for identifying and tracking clinical staff, patients, supplies, medications and equipments. RFID can trace and manage chem...

The use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology extends historically to the 1970’s, when the first commercial products emerged. The introduction of this technology motivated future research that sought to integrate RFID into various applications ranging from inventory control/monitoring to human/animal tracking. However, the practical significance of this technology was not fully re...

RFID is not a new technology and has passed through many decades of use in military, airline, library, security, healthcare, sports, animal farms and other areas. Industries use RFID for various applications such as personal/vehicle access control, departmental store security, equipment tracking, baggage, fast food establishments, logistics, etc. The enhancement in RFID technology has brought a...

RFID technology can be used to significantly improve the efficiency of business processes by providing the capability of automatic identification and data capture. This technology poses many new challenges on current data management systems. RFID data are time-dependent, dynamically changing, in large volumes, and carry implicit semantics. RFID data management systems need to effectively suppor...