Passive UHF RFID in paper industry: Challenges, benefits and the application environment

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-79

  Lehto, Arttu ^b   Nummela, Jussi ^a   Ukkonen, Leena ^a   Sydanheimo, Lauri ^a   Kivikoski, Markku ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b Rauma Stevedoring Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

Paper industry; Radio frequency identification (RFID); Tag antenna designs

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; CODES (SYMBOLS); DESIGN; INDUSTRY; INTELLIGENT NETWORKS; LIFE CYCLE; MACHINE DESIGN; MACHINERY; PAPER; PAPER COATING; RADIO; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RADIO SYSTEMS; RADIO WAVES; REELS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

APPLICATION ENVIRONMENTS; AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; IDENTIFICATION CODES; PAPER AND BOARDS; PAPER HANDLINGS; PAPER INDUSTRY; PAPER REELS; READER ANTENNAS; READER UNITS; REEL IDENTIFICATIONS; RESEARCH TOPICS; RFID SYSTEMS; SUPPLY CHAIN VISIBILITIES; TAG ANTENNA DESIGNS; TEST RESULTS; UHF RFID; ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCIES;

ANTENNAS;

COATINGS; DESIGN; FREQUENCY; IDENTIFICATION; LIFE CYCLE; MACHINE DESIGN; MACHINERY; PAPER; PAPER INDUSTRY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADIO; REELS; RESEARCH; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SYMBOLS;

EID: 58149512090     PISSN: 15455955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2008.2007269     Document Type: Article

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