The Case for Multi-Tag RFID Systems
- 1 August 2007
- conference paper
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- p. 174-186
- https://doi.org/10.1109/wasa.2007.10
Abstract
Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a promising technology for automated non-line-of-sight object identification. However, factors such as object occlusions, metal/liquid opaqueness, environmental conditions, and radio noise degrade the overall availability, reliability, and dependability of RFID systems. We show that simply increasing the number of readers does not adequately address these issues. Instead, we propose tagging each object with multiple tags, and provide definitive experimental data showing that this strategy dramatically improves the effectiveness of RFID systems in the face of radio noise and other interfering factors. We solidify the case for multi-tag RFID systems by addressing obstacles to reliable object detection, and analyzing how multi-tags improve tag detection, even in the presence of (radio-opaque) metals and liquids. We discuss applications that will benefit considerably from multi-tags, and propose careful RFID system design through the deployment of appropriate types of multi-tags and anti-collision algorithms. We also analyze the economics of multi-tag RFID systems and argue that the benefits of multi-tags can substantially outweigh the costs in many current applications, and that this trend will become even more pronounced in the future.Keywords
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