TY - GEN
T1 - A tool for a fast evaluation of UHF RFID installations
AU - Lechner, Johannes
AU - Gunthner, Willibald A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016/11/21
Y1 - 2016/11/21
N2 - Impacts of the operation environment on the read field of passive UHF RFID applications can be decisive for the successful implementation of the systems. However, these impacts cannot easily be foreseen or detected. Therefore, it is necessary to verify the configuration of the installation regarding a reliable performance when putting the installation into operation. But the testing of a certain configuration can be a very complex and time consuming procedure, especially when approaching by trial and error. To support the evaluation of an installation's configuration and the detection of problematic areas within the read field, a new concept for a measurement tool is presented in this paper. The basic idea of the tool is to measure the spatial distribution of the field strength by tracking the measuring antenna's positions. For a quick understanding and analysis of the measurement's results, a 3D visualization is used. To evaluate the measurement tool, we conducted comparative measurements aimed at the detection of the weak areas of a read field at an RFID gate.
AB - Impacts of the operation environment on the read field of passive UHF RFID applications can be decisive for the successful implementation of the systems. However, these impacts cannot easily be foreseen or detected. Therefore, it is necessary to verify the configuration of the installation regarding a reliable performance when putting the installation into operation. But the testing of a certain configuration can be a very complex and time consuming procedure, especially when approaching by trial and error. To support the evaluation of an installation's configuration and the detection of problematic areas within the read field, a new concept for a measurement tool is presented in this paper. The basic idea of the tool is to measure the spatial distribution of the field strength by tracking the measuring antenna's positions. For a quick understanding and analysis of the measurement's results, a 3D visualization is used. To evaluate the measurement tool, we conducted comparative measurements aimed at the detection of the weak areas of a read field at an RFID gate.
KW - Read field evaluation
KW - UHF RFID measurement tool
KW - complex environments
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85006804700&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/RFID-TA.2016.7750735
DO - 10.1109/RFID-TA.2016.7750735
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85006804700
T3 - 2016 IEEE International Conference on RFID Technology and Applications, RFID-TA 2016
SP - 117
EP - 122
BT - 2016 IEEE International Conference on RFID Technology and Applications, RFID-TA 2016
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2016 IEEE International Conference on RFID Technology and Applications, RFID-TA 2016
Y2 - 21 September 2016 through 23 September 2016
ER -