Application of Low Scattering Antennas to RFID Networks

Abstract

An established backscattering link between an RFID tag and reader suffers from high interference from other RFID tags in the network. This interference results in low read rates in RFID networks. In this paper, we investigate a new state for an RFID tag in which the tag switches to an invisible (i.e. low scattering) state when a communication link between an RFID reader and another target RFID tag is ongoing. We show both by simulations and measurements that by using this method the interference to the backscattering link is minimized and thus the read rate increases.

Meeting Name

IEEE International Conference on RFID (2016: May 2-5, Orlando, FL)

Department(s)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research Center/Lab(s)

Intelligent Systems Center

Keywords and Phrases

Antenna Scattering; Backscattering; Interference; Invisible Antenna; Radio Frequency Identification (RFID); Wave Interference; Rate Increase; RF-ID Tags; Simulations And Measurements; Mobile Antennas

International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

978-1467388078

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2016 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jun 2016

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