RFID White Papers

Automatic Identification - Applications and Technologies

• Tags:
• rfid,
• identification,
• automatic,
• radio frequency identification

Overview Automatic identification technologies are used in a wide range of applications. Until now, few efforts have been made to classify the various automatic identification applications. Furthermore, the suitability of different identification technologies to different kinds of logistics applications has been scarcely studied by neutral parties. This paper builds four categories of automatic identification applications: Authentication, tracking, process effectiveness, and information management applications. Then, it reviews different identification technologies on their technological basis, and functionality. Finally, criteria for evaluating the functionality of different technologies in the application areas are proposed. The criteria are then applied to compare bar coding and Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) technologies in the different types of applications.

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