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Discovery Services - Enabling RFID Traceability in EPCglobal Networks
The EPCglobal consortium defines standards to enable data sharing of electronic product code related information within and between enterprises, which typically comprises events of RFID readers as well as product information about the tagged products. An EPCglobal network consists of nodes, each of which may have complex data usage and...
Tags: Network, EPCGlobal Inc., Discovery Services, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
White papers 2006-12-16
Enhancing Security of EPCglobal Gen-2 RFID Tag Against Traceability and Cloning
This paper presents a synchronization-based communication protocol for RFID devices and focuses on the EPCGlobal Class-1 Gen-2 RFID tag which supports only simple cryptographic primitives like Pseudo-Random Number Generator PRNG and Cyclic Redundancy Code CRC. This protocol is secure in a sense that it prevents the cloned tags and malicious...
Tags: EPCGlobal Inc., RFID Tag, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
White papers 2006-01-17
Receptivity - A Tag Performance Metric
On September 14, 2005, EPCglobal issued its first certification marks for products tested for conformance to the EPCglobal UHF Generation 2 Air Interface Protocol, widely known in the industry as "Gen 2." Ensuring good tag receptivity is key to optimizing an RFID system deployment. This paper discusses how end users...
Tags: Impinj Inc., Performance, EPCGlobal Inc., RFID, Performance Management, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers 2005-12-01
EPC Value Model for Health Care & Life Sciences: Assessing the Value of RFID Technology and EPCglobal Standards for Healthcare & Life Sciences Manufacturers
Undoubtedly, EPCglobal Standards and the Electronic Product Code EPC/Radio Frequency IDentification RFID technology are going to have a dramatic impact on the Healthcare and Life Sciences HLS industry in the next few years. Primarily in response to customer safety and government requirements, more and more participants of the HLS supply...
Tags: Health Care, EPCGlobal Inc., Standards, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
White papers 2005-10-24
The EPCglobal Network and the Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN)
Companies require detailed information about their products and supply chain, and the ability to share that information with their trading partners in order to facilitate commercial transactions and the movement of goods and services. In order to serve various needs for information, two distinct information networks have been developed: the...
Tags: Network, EPCGlobal Inc., EPCglobal Network, Global Data Synchronization Network, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
White papers 2005-08-19
EPCglobal Class 1 Gen 2 RFID Specification
Approved by EPCglobal in December 2004, the Class 1 Gen 2 air interface protocol provides a number of enhancements that will help solidify the adoption of RFID in the UHF band. This paper provides a brief explanation of how Gen 2 improves on previous protocols and the expected impact of...
Tags: Specification, Alien Technology, RFID Gen2, EPCGlobal Inc., RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
White papers 2005-05-19
EPCglobal Class 1 Gen 2: RFID Specification
Approved by EPCglobal in December 2004, the Class 1 Gen 2 air interface protocol provides a number of enhancements that will help solidify the adoption of RFID in the UHF band. This paper provides a brief explanation of how Class 1 Gen 2 improves on previous EPC protocols and the...
Tags: Specification, Alien Technology, EPCGlobal Inc., RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
White papers 2005-05-19

Additional Resources

Improving Operational Efficiencies in Next-Generation Networks: The Benefits of Centralized Delivery Models for Efficiently Managing IP Multiservice Environments
Radio Frequency IDentification RFID tags, in conjunction with Electronic Product Code EPC identification, is one such technology, offering a practical way of generating detailed supply chain event information. While RFID represents a significant shift from previous approaches, it is merely the next logical step in a long tradition of reducing...
Tags: Supply Chain, Environment, Benefit, IP, RFID, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2006-03-30
EPC the Global Perspective
This webcast discusses the international overview of EAN International and EPCglobal projects, including the benefits to users.
Tags: SAP AG, RFID, Digital Media, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
Webcasts
The Evolution of RFID Networks: The Potential for Disruptive Innovation
RFID technology has generated much hype in the last few years. The major driver for its development has been the tagging of physical objects - people, places, and things - with single chip radios so they can interface with computers. While the technology has been available for several decades, the...
Tags: Innovation, Network, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
White papers 2006-03-01
The Sun Java System RFID Software Architecture
This white paper describes the Sun Java System RFID Software architecture for enabling the EPCglobal Network. The architecture is specifically designed to address large-scale implementations in enterprises that need to integrate real-time data flowing in from existing business processes and back-end enterprise systems using Radio Frequency Identification RFID tags. This...
Tags: Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Java, Architecture, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
White papers 2005-03-01
The Need to Demonstrate Compliance With FCC Guidelines for Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields (RFID)
Magellan Technology is concerned that exposure levels were not measured at the recent EPCGlobal technology demonstration at San Jose in March 2006. This paper seeks to explain why MPE limit compliance is not only necessary but vital to the industry and also to customers who rely on the company to...
Tags: FCC, Compliance, Magellan Technology, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
White papers 2006-04-07
RFID Basics for Retailers
Despite the promise that the technology holds, limitations with the initial RFID implementations have made the experiences to-date mixed. The recently ratified EPCglobal UHF Generation 2 standard and the RFID standards work being done by ISO are key to improving this experience and progressing RFID into the mainstream. With global...
Tags: Standards, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
White papers 2005-10-01
VTech Selects Cisco and Intel RFID Solution for Supply Chain Pilot
The Hong Kong EPCnetwork initiative aims to bring end-to-end supply chain visibility to the Pan Pearl River Delta PPRD region through the use of a common, standards-based data exchange allowing easy, secure, real-time communication between manufacturers, logistics companies and retailers. VTech Telecommunications division, a leading supplier of corded and cordless...
Tags: Supply Chain, Cisco Systems Inc., Intel Corp., VTech, RFID, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Enterprise Software, Software
Case studies
Is wireless RFID sensor authentication/encryption possible? Maybe.
As RFID use grows so do concerns about authentication and encryption to protect sensitive information. The primary issues are the low power consumption and related processing power of wireless RFID sensor nodes. Cryptographic algorithms are typically designed to run on high performance systems (32 or 64 bit processors)....
Tags: RFID, HIPAA, data theft, cryptography, Compliance, Sox, It Management, Authentication, Security
Blog posts 2007-03-26
RFID confab draws big names in retail, high tech
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Tags: RFID
Technical articles 2004-09-28
RFID gets a reality check
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Tags: RFID, Sarah Friar
Technical articles 2004-09-30
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