RFID Reader Network Infrastructure P. Krishna, PhD Chief Systems Architect Reva Systems

© 2006, Reva Systems CorporationSlide 2 RFID Infrastructure Tag RF Reader Tag Reader Tag RNC Applications ( Supply chain, Asset tracking, Drug Pedigree )

© 2006, Reva Systems CorporationSlide 3 Reader Network Infrastructure Operating the readers (Read ON/OFF, write/kill/lock, channel, operating parameters) Control Management Health monitoring, firmware management, discovery Data Data collected by the readers (tag data, sensor data)

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© 2006, Reva Systems CorporationSlide 6 Scaling up to Multiple Doors

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© 2006, Reva Systems CorporationSlide 9 Handheld Readers 125 Location Benchmark Tag

© 2006, Reva Systems CorporationSlide 10 Diversity in Control Set-and-forget reader operation –E.g., conveyor belt, handheld readers Real-time control of reader operation –E.g., dock door operation Real-time control only when triggered –E.g., Wrapping station operation Other operations that may require pre- provisioning the reader for local action or a network interaction for database access) –E.g., Kill a tag at Point-of-sale –Tag commissioning

© 2006, Reva Systems CorporationSlide 11 Diversity in Data Traffic One tag every read –E.g., conveyor belt 10s of tags every read –E.g. handheld 100s of tags every read –E.g., dock door operation, wrapping station Tag data + Sensor data –E.g., readers deployed in cold chain applications, airline parts tracking

© 2006, Reva Systems CorporationSlide 12 Standards in RFID Infrastructure Tag RF Reader Tag Reader Tag RNC Air Protocol EPCGlobal Class 1 Gen2 Reader Network Interface EPCGlobal Low-Level Reader Protocol (LLRP) Discovery and Provisioning protocols (DCI) Reader management based on SNMP. Application Interface EPCGlobal ALE 1.0 EPCGlobal EPCIS Applications ( Supply chain, Asset tracking, Drug Pedigree )

© 2006, Reva Systems CorporationSlide 13 Low Level Reader Protocol (LLRP) 80+ companies participated in this standardization effort –Reader vendors, end users, middleware vendors, network and RFID infrastructure vendors –Direct and indirect end user inputs on the requirements A ratified standard –

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