Placement of multiple RFID reader antennas to maximise portal read accuracy

International Journal of Radio Frequency Identification Technology and Applications

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 260-277

  Wang, Lin ^a   Norman, Bryan A ^a   Rajgopal, Jayant ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

antennas; automatic identification; optimisation; Radio Frequency Identification; RFID

Indexed keywords

EID: 49049097452     PISSN: 17453216     EISSN: 17453224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRFITA.2007.015850     Document Type: Article

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