1 RFID and Telecommunication Services 25th May 2004 DATA BASE forum THE EPC SYSTEM Sophie Le Pallec Gencod EAN France EPCglobal Project Manager

2 RFID and Telecommunication Services 25th May 2004 DATA BASE forum EPCglobal

3 RFID and Telecommunication Services 25th May 2004 DATA BASE forum Identification solution of the future CodesRFID Tag Network

4 RFID and Telecommunication Services 25th May 2004 DATA BASE forum Item Identification GTIN Code EPC A F.00289AC0 Code EPC A F.00180DC0 Code EPC A F.00189DC0 Code EPC A F.00169DC0 Codes

5 RFID and Telecommunication Services 25th May 2004 DATA BASE forum Reading at long range Reader Antenna RFID Tag

6 RFID and Telecommunication Services 25th May 2004 DATA BASE forum A Network of things Network

7 RFID and Telecommunication Services 25th May 2004 DATA BASE forum to create a competitive market : multiple vendors, interoperability between devices, scale economy, users confidence… RFID : n regulatory standards n technical standard (air interface) n data content (EPCglobal) The importance of standards

8 RFID and Telecommunication Services 25th May 2004 DATA BASE forum n regulatory standards n technical standard (air interface) n data content (EPCglobal) Relevant RFID standards

9 RFID and Telecommunication Services 25th May 2004 DATA BASE forum Requirement for data content

10 RFID and Telecommunication Services 25th May 2004 DATA BASE forum EPC TAG DATA A unique ID …………………. in a RFID tag… …which together, uniquely identifies an object

11 RFID and Telecommunication Services 25th May 2004 DATA BASE forum Consistent global identification

12 RFID and Telecommunication Services 25th May 2004 DATA BASE forum EPC v1.1 Standards

13 RFID and Telecommunication Services 25th May 2004 DATA BASE forum Toward the EPC Vision

14 RFID and Telecommunication Services 25th May 2004 DATA BASE forum EPC retail adoption

15 RFID and Telecommunication Services 25th May 2004 DATA BASE forum Tesco Roll-out Plan

16 RFID and Telecommunication Services 25th May 2004 DATA BASE forum Global adoption of a common standard n low cost implementation n effective supporting data management system n Quality assurance through accreditation Social issues for technology adoption : n privacy n human safety Challenges

17 RFID and Telecommunication Services 25th May 2004 DATA BASE forum Sophie Le Pallec tel : phone : Questions