1. Incorporating RFID Technology into Airport Checkpoints
Senior Project – Computer Engineering
Incorporating RFID Technology into Airport Checkpoints
By Dan Spoor and John Kraemer
Advisor Professor Rudko
Current Time Based System
Objectives
Improve Throughput and Efficiency
Decrease Cost
Improve security
Implementation of RFID based Routing
Total Cost
RFID reader and antenna costs $2400 retail. This is a vast improvement over Lockheed time-based system which it estimates at costing between $5000 and $6000.
Efficiency
Alien technologies tags are not sensitive to tag orientation.
Because of the propagation patterns of the Alien technology antennas, an antenna on the right side of the system will never read a tag from a person standing on the left side of the system, and vice-versa
Because UHF tags are being used, the person would have to stand over 15 feet away from the system for the antenna to not read the tags.
Throughput
Security personnel can re-scan luggage without disrupting the diversion mechanism since it is no longer time based
Security
System can be easily modified with more antennas to ensure that a person does not exit the system with someone else’s luggage.
Future Work
Physically assemble the project
Further improvement by providing RFID antennas at various locations throughout the airport and having them communicate with each other