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What is Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

Chapter 679
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
One of the first examples of contactless technology, consisting of a modern version of the barcode. It is based on a radio frequency transceiver (transmitter and receiver) attached to the item to be identified by a reader device (interrogator device) used to read the information stored on the tag.
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Ubiquitous Computing, Contactless Points, and Distributed Stores
Marco Savastano (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy), Eleonora Pantano (Middlesex University London, UK), and Saverino Verteramo (University of Calabria, Italy)
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 9
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch679
Abstract
The new technologies modify both customer behavior and corporate approach to retail process, by changing both the way consumers access and consumption of information. In this scenario, a huge number of “contactless technologies” is emerging as the most promising direction for supporting automatic payment and self-checkout. Similarly, ubiquitous retailing is acquiring importance in the current competitive scenario, based on ubiquitous computing (or ubiquitous access to information). As a consequence, these innovations are removing the boundaries of the physical space and pushing retailers to redefine the traditional business model and practices. The aim of this chapter is to provide a comprehensive framework of this new competitive scenario, starting from the most innovative technologies in retail domain with emphasis on the new ubiquitous ones, and shed lights on the future of the (technology-enriched) places of shopping.
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Chapter 19
A Perspective on Using Blockchain for Ensuring Security in Smart Card Systems
RFID technology utilized electromagnetic waves for identifying and tracking the tags attached to the objects.
Published in Chapter: A Perspective on Using Blockchain for Ensuring Security in Smart Card Systems; From: Handbook of Research on Cloud Computing and Big Data Applications in IoT
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Chapter 131
RFIDs and the Changing Marketplace
Radio frequency identification, denoting technologies that use radio waves to identify people or objects carrying encoded microchips.
Published in Chapter: RFIDs and the Changing Marketplace; From: Encyclopedia of E-Commerce Development, Implementation, and Management
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Chapter 161
Privacy Risk in E-Commerce
A radio-supported identification technology typically operating by saving a serial number on a radio transponder that contains a microchip for data storage.
Published in Chapter: Privacy Risk in E-Commerce; From: Encyclopedia of Multimedia Technology and Networking, Second Edition
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Chapter 433
Security Aspects in Radio Frequency Identification Networks
A transponder technology for the contactless recognition of objects.
Published in Chapter: Security Aspects in Radio Frequency Identification Networks; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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Chapter 133
Internet of Things and Data Science in Healthcare
The technology that incorporates the use of electromagnetic fields to uniquely identify and track a tagged object.
Published in Chapter: Internet of Things and Data Science in Healthcare; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fifth Edition
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Chapter 4
Design of a Blockchain-Powered Biometric Template Security Framework Using Augmented Sharding
It is a type of passive wireless technology that allows for tracking or matching of an item or individual.
Published in Chapter: Design of a Blockchain-Powered Biometric Template Security Framework Using Augmented Sharding; From: Advancements in Quantum Blockchain With Real-Time Applications
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Chapter 12
Information System Architecture in Apparel Production for Maintaining Supply Chain Sustainability
This wireless technology is used to identify tagged objects in certain vicinities. Generally, it has three main components: a tag, a reader, and a back end. A tag uses the open air to transmit data via a radio frequency (RF) signal. However, it is also weak in computational capability. Finally, RFID automates information collection regarding an individual object's location and actions.
Published in Chapter: Information System Architecture in Apparel Production for Maintaining Supply Chain Sustainability; From: Integrating Intelligence and Sustainability in Supply Chains
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Chapter 19
Ubiquitous Healthcare: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in Hospitals
A technology used to identify, track, and trace a person or an object without using a human to read and record data.
Published in Chapter: Ubiquitous Healthcare: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in Hospitals; From: Handbook of Research on Distributed Medical Informatics and E-Health
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Chapter 21
The Role of Radio Frequency Identification in Modern Libraries
An automatic identification of packages, products, and machinery through attached transponders.
Published in Chapter: The Role of Radio Frequency Identification in Modern Libraries; From: Handbook of Research on Inventive Digital Tools for Collection Management and Development in Modern Libraries
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Chapter 20
RFID in Urban Planning
An auto-identification technology which utilizes radio frequency waves to transfer data between a reader and a tag attached or embedded in movable or stationary objects.
Published in Chapter: RFID in Urban Planning; From: Handbook of Research on E-Planning: ICTs for Urban Development and Monitoring
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Chapter 166
Green Supply Chains and Enabling RFID Technology
RFID technologies are types of automatic data capture techniques that use a combination of active and passive senders and receivers to collect and store codified information for further uses. The implementation of such technologies should lead to improved managerial and/or supply chain performance. On the surface, there appears to be few drawbacks to implementing such technology into a production process, assuming it enhances performance and improves output of the product. The main issues surrounding the RFID applications are whether the initial costs and labor required to utilize this technology are worth it and will result in a positive outcome of revenues.
Published in Chapter: Green Supply Chains and Enabling RFID Technology; From: Encyclopedia of Organizational Knowledge, Administration, and Technology
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Chapter 144
Using Total Quality Management to Mitigate Supply Chain Risk
A system that uses radio waves to obtain data programmed in devices (Reaz, et al., p. 24). The RFID tags hold that information which can be retrieved at any point in the products' travels.
Published in Chapter: Using Total Quality Management to Mitigate Supply Chain Risk; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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Chapter 110
Increasing Visibility through Process Mining
RFID is a tool used to track the flow of people and materials through a system.
Published in Chapter: Increasing Visibility through Process Mining; From: Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization
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Chapter 5
A Review of Big Data Analytics for the Internet of Things Applications in Supply Chain Management
This wireless technology is used to identify tagged objects in certain vicinities. Generally, it has three main components: a tag, a reader, and a back-end. A tag uses the open air to transmit data via a radio frequency (RF) signal. However, it is also weak in computational capability. Finally, RFID automates information collection regarding an individual object's location and actions.
Published in Chapter: A Review of Big Data Analytics for the Internet of Things Applications in Supply Chain Management; From: Applied AI and Multimedia Technologies for Smart Manufacturing and CPS Applications
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Chapter 507
Manufacturing and Logistics Information Systems
A system consisting of tags able to respond to and emit radio signals and a network of readers. Together, these enable the automated capture of business transactions relating to the movement of goods with an RFID tag near to readers.
Published in Chapter: Manufacturing and Logistics Information Systems; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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Chapter 172
Healthcare Data Analysis in the Internet of Things Era
The technology that incorporates the use of electromagnetic fields to uniquely identify and track a tagged object.
Published in Chapter: Healthcare Data Analysis in the Internet of Things Era; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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Chapter 187
Teleworker's Security Risks Minimized with Informal Online Information Technology Communities of Practice
The electromagnetic or electrostatic coupling in the RF portion of the electromagnetic spectrum is used to transmit signals. An RFID system consists of an antenna and a transceiver, which read the radio frequency and transfer the information to a processing device, and a transponder, or tag, which is an integrated circuit containing the RF circuitry and information to be transmitted.
Published in Chapter: Teleworker's Security Risks Minimized with Informal Online Information Technology Communities of Practice; From: Encyclopedia of Multimedia Technology and Networking, Second Edition
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Chapter 132
Mandatory and Voluntary Adoption of RFID
RFID is a technology that identifies an object uniquely and transmits the identity and other relevant information wirelessly using radio waves. RFID identifies an object from distance and does not require ‘line of sight’ and manual interventions. Furthermore, RFID can store enormous amount of data for many years which can later be retrieved as information as required.
Published in Chapter: Mandatory and Voluntary Adoption of RFID; From: Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization
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Chapter 1
A Big Data Framework for Decision Making in Supply Chain
This is a wireless technology used to identify tagged objects in certain vicinities. Generally, it has three main components: a tag, a reader and a back-end. A tag uses the open air to transmit data via radio frequency (RF) signal. It is also weak in computational capability. RFID automates information collection regarding an individual object’s location and actions.
Published in Chapter: A Big Data Framework for Decision Making in Supply Chain; From: Emerging Applications in Supply Chains for Sustainable Business Development
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Chapter 42
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology
RFID is an automatic identification technology that uses radio waves to identify objects.
Published in Chapter: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology; From: Handbook of Research on Public Information Technology
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Chapter 73
Discrete Event Simulation in Inventory Management
A system using radio frequencies to transfer data from tags on items to readers that are connected to other computer systems. This allows automatic identification and tracking products.
Published in Chapter: Discrete Event Simulation in Inventory Management; From: Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Business Operations and Management
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Chapter 27
Effect of Information Technology on Warehousing and Inventory Management for Competitive Advantage: A Theoretical Framework
Wireless communication that incorporates the use of electromagnetic or electrostatic coupling in the radio frequency portion of the electromagnetic spectrum to uniquely identify an object.
Published in Chapter: Effect of Information Technology on Warehousing and Inventory Management for Competitive Advantage: A Theoretical Framework; From: Handbook of Research on Innovation and Development of E-Commerce and E-Business in ASEAN
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Chapter 129
RFID Enabled B2B E-Commerce Technologies and Applications
a technique that allows objects to be identified using radio waves.
Published in Chapter: RFID Enabled B2B E-Commerce Technologies and Applications; From: Encyclopedia of E-Business Development and Management in the Global Economy
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Chapter 463
Discrete Event Simulation in Inventory Management
A system using radio frequencies to transfer data from tags on items to readers that are connected to other computer systems. This allows automatic identification and tracking products.
Published in Chapter: Discrete Event Simulation in Inventory Management; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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Chapter 8
Review of RFID Applications in Perishable Inventory Management
A system using radio frequencies to transfer data from tags on items to readers that are connected to other computer systems. This allows automatic identification and tracking products.
Published in Chapter: Review of RFID Applications in Perishable Inventory Management; From: Handbook of Research on Global Supply Chain Management
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Chapter 12
Catering for Personal Autonomy with E-Mentoring Supported by Recommendations
an portable storage system that uses an object (tag) applied to a product for the purpose of identification and tracking using radio waves.
Published in Chapter: Catering for Personal Autonomy with E-Mentoring Supported by Recommendations; From: Handbook of Research on Personal Autonomy Technologies and Disability Informatics
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Chapter 179
Data Analytics in the Global Product Development Supply Chain
This wireless technology is used to identify tagged objects in certain vicinities. Generally, it has three main components: a tag, a reader, and a back-end. A tag uses the open air to transmit data via a radio frequency (RF) signal. However, it is also weak in computational capability. Finally, RFID automates information collection regarding an individual object's location and actions.
Published in Chapter: Data Analytics in the Global Product Development Supply Chain; From: Encyclopedia of Data Science and Machine Learning
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Chapter 165
RFID Technologies and Warehouse Applications: Case Studies
RFID technologies are types of automatic data capture techniques that use a combination of active and passive senders and receivers to collect and store codified information for further uses. The implementation of such technologies should lead to improved managerial and/or supply chain performance. On the surface, there appears to be few drawbacks to implementing such technology into a production process, assuming it enhances performance and improves output of the product. The main issues surrounding the RFID applications are whether the initial costs and labor required to utilize this technology are worth it, and will result in a positive outcome of revenues.
Published in Chapter: RFID Technologies and Warehouse Applications: Case Studies; From: Encyclopedia of Organizational Knowledge, Administration, and Technology
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Chapter 23
A Telecommunications Approach in Systems for Effective Logistics and Supply Chains
Electronic tag that allows a radio system to read the object identification and store it in a database.
Published in Chapter: A Telecommunications Approach in Systems for Effective Logistics and Supply Chains; From: Handbook of Research on Information Management for Effective Logistics and Supply Chains
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Chapter 87
Simulation to Improve Management of Perishable and Substitutable Inventory
A system using radio frequencies to transfer data from tags on items to readers that are connected to other computer systems. This allows automatic identification and tracking products.
Published in Chapter: Simulation to Improve Management of Perishable and Substitutable Inventory; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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Chapter 10
Analysis of Bluetooth Versions (4.0, 4.2, 5, 5.1, and 5.2) for IoT Applications
It is a digital identification in which the RFID tag (a small chip with an antenna) broadcast a unique value, which can be read by the RFID reader.
Published in Chapter: Analysis of Bluetooth Versions (4.0, 4.2, 5, 5.1, and 5.2) for IoT Applications; From: Implementing Data Analytics and Architectures for Next Generation Wireless Communications
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Chapter 170
Process Mapping and RFID: Complementarities
RFID is a tool used to track the flow of people and materials through a system.
Published in Chapter: Process Mapping and RFID: Complementarities; From: Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization
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Chapter 89
Implementing RFID Technology in Hospital Environments
Wireless identification and data capture technology that consists of a tag or transponder and an interrogator or reader to support applications ranging from airport baggage handling to supply chain management.
Published in Chapter: Implementing RFID Technology in Hospital Environments; From: Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems
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Chapter 1
The Implementation of Industry 4.0 by Using Industrial and Service Robots in the Production Processes
An identification type that uses an electromagnetic field for the purpose of identifying objects.
Published in Chapter: The Implementation of Industry 4.0 by Using Industrial and Service Robots in the Production Processes; From: Handbook of Research on Integrating Industry 4.0 in Business and Manufacturing
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Chapter 34
Consumer Attitudes toward RFID Usage
A radio-supported identification technology typically operating by saving a serial number on a radio transponder that contains a microchip for data storage.
Published in Chapter: Consumer Attitudes toward RFID Usage; From: Encyclopedia of Multimedia Technology and Networking, Second Edition
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Chapter 5
JIT Inventory Management Strategy
RFID technologies are types of automatic data capture techniques that use a combination of active and passive senders and receivers to collect and store codified information for further uses. The implementation of such technologies should lead to improved managerial and/or supply chain performance. On the surface, there appears to be few drawbacks to implementing such technology into a production process, assuming it enhances performance and improves output of the product. The main issues surrounding the RFID applications are whether the initial costs and labor required to utilize this technology are worth it, and will result in a positive outcome of revenues.
Published in Chapter: JIT Inventory Management Strategy; From: Handbook of Research on Transdisciplinary Knowledge Generation
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Chapter 1
Internet of Things: A Broader View of Architecture, Key Technologies, and Research Opportunities
The wireless system to transfer data which uses radio frequency waves to transfer data.
Published in Chapter: Internet of Things: A Broader View of Architecture, Key Technologies, and Research Opportunities; From: 5G Internet of Things and Changing Standards for Computing and Electronic Systems
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Chapter 10
New Trends in Event Marketing
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology is a wireless sensor technology which is based on the detection of electromagnetic signals. RFID is an area of automatic identification that is gaining momentum and is considered by some to emerge as one of the most pervasive computing technologies in history.
Published in Chapter: New Trends in Event Marketing; From: Impact of ICTs on Event Management and Marketing
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Chapter 3
Quality Assurance Issues for Big Data Applications in Supply Chain Management
This is a wireless technology used to identify tagged objects in certain vicinities. Generally, it has got three main components: a tag, a reader, and a back-end. The tag uses the open air to transmit data via radio frequency (RF) signal. It is also weak in computational capability. RFID automates information collection regarding an individual object’s location and actions.
Published in Chapter: Quality Assurance Issues for Big Data Applications in Supply Chain Management; From: Predictive Intelligence Using Big Data and the Internet of Things
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Chapter 18
Projects from the Orange Foundation in Favour of People with Obstacles to Communication
An portable storage system that uses an object (tag) applied to a product for the purpose of identification and tracking using radio waves.
Published in Chapter: Projects from the Orange Foundation in Favour of People with Obstacles to Communication; From: Handbook of Research on Personal Autonomy Technologies and Disability Informatics
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Chapter 9
Consumer Value Trumps Perceived Privacy Risk: Item-Level RFID Implementation in the FMCG Industry
An RFID tag is a small wireless tag with an EPC to uniquely identify it. There are multiple frequencies in which different versions can be accessed, depending on the application.
Published in Chapter: Consumer Value Trumps Perceived Privacy Risk: Item-Level RFID Implementation in the FMCG Industry; From: Handbook of Research on the Evolution of IT and the Rise of E-Society
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Chapter 4
Near Field Communication (NFC) Applications in the Tourism Industry
Used to detect and monitor all kinds of living and inanimate objects from a distance without touching them. RFID a technology used electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects so as to facilitate a contactless payment.
Published in Chapter: Near Field Communication (NFC) Applications in the Tourism Industry; From: Handbook of Research on Smart Technology Applications in the Tourism Industry
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Chapter 15
Cyber Security in Health: Standard Protocols for IoT and Supervisory Control Systems
A form of wireless communication that incorporates the use of electromagnetic or electrostatic coupling in the radio frequency portion of the electromagnetic spectrum to uniquely identify an object, animal or person.
Published in Chapter: Cyber Security in Health: Standard Protocols for IoT and Supervisory Control Systems; From: Cyber Security of Industrial Control Systems in the Future Internet Environment
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