Lesson Title: EPCglobal and ISO/IEC Item Management Standards Dale R. Thompson Computer Science and Computer Engineering Dept. University of Arkansas 1 This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DUE Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Copyright © 2008, 2009 by Dale R. Thompson

EPCglobal, Inc. Not-for-profit organization developing commercial, world-wide RFID standards Joint venture between EAN International and the Uniform Code Council (UCC). – UCC standardized Universal Product Code (UPC) barcodes in US – EAN standardized barcodes in Europe – UCC and EAN combined to form GS1 UHF Class-1 Generation-2 (Class1 Gen2 or commonly known as Gen2) – ISO/IEC C standard 2

Electronic Product Code (EPC) 96-bit Version 3 Every product has unique identifier 96 bits can uniquely label all products for the next 1,000 years 2^96 = 79,228,162,514,264,337,593,543,950,336 VersionEPC Manager (Manufacturer) Object Class (Product) Serial Number 8 bits28 bits24 bits36 bits

EPCglobal, Inc. UHF Specification History EPCglobal UHF Class-0 EPCglobal UHF Class-1 Generation-1 EPCglobal UHF Class-1 Generation-2 (Gen2) – ISO/IEC C standard – Item management standard – Used in supply chain and retail 4

Auto-ID HF Specification MHz ISM Band Class 1 Radio Frequency (RF) Identification Tag Interface Specification – EPCglobal has not standardized one yet EPCglobal is working on an HF standard 5

ISO/IEC (International Standards Organization/International Electrotechnical Commission) Information Technology AIDC Techniques-RFID for Item Management - Air Interface Part 1 – Generic Parameters for the Air Interface for Globally Accepted Frequencies Part 2 – Parameters for Air Interface Communications below 135 kHz Part 3 – Parameters for Air Interface Communications at MHz Part 4 – Parameters for Air Interface Communications at 2.45 GHz Part 5 – Parameters for Air Interface Communications at 5.8 GHz (Withdrawn) Part 6 – Parameters for Air Interface Communications at 860 to 960 MHz Part 7 – Parameters for Air Interface Communications at 433 MHz Available: 6

Part 6 – Parameters for Air Interface Communications at 860 to 960 MHz ISO/IEC :2004 Information technology -- Radio frequency identification for item management -- Part 6: Parameters for air interface communications at 860 MHz to 960 MHz, International Organization for Standardization, Aug. 31, Available: ISO/IEC :2004/Amd 1:2006 Extension with Type C and update of Types A and B, International Organization for Standardization, Jun. 19, Available: – Gen2 becomes an ISO/IEC standard by this amendment – This is the reason why Gen2 is also called ISO/IEC , Part C or ISO/IEC C 7

Tag and Reader Performance and Conformance Standards ISO/IEC RFID tag and interrogator performance test methods ISO/IEC RFID device conformance test methods 8

Contact Information Dale R. Thompson, Ph.D., P.E. Associate Professor Computer Science and Computer Engineering Dept. JBHT – CSCE University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas Phone: +1 (479) FAX: +1 (479) WWW: 9

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