Evaluation of RFID performance for a pharmaceutical distribution chain: HF vs. UHF

2008 IEEE International Conference on RFID (Frequency Identification), IEEE RFID 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 27-34

  Uysal, Dilek Dagdelen ^a,b   Emond, Jean Pierre ^c   Engels, Daniel W ^a,d  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE CODING;

DISTRIBUTION CHAINS; FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION; IDENTIFICATION PERFORMANCE; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; ITEM-LEVEL; PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS; RFID SYSTEMS; TAGGED PRODUCTS; UHF RFID;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 49049111893     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RFID.2008.4519382     Document Type: Conference Paper

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